Childhood Family Stress and Women's Health: Parasympathetic Activity as a Risk and Resiliency Factor.

Autor: Chong LS; Department of Psychology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 95192, USA. jess.chong@sjsu.edu., Yeo AJ; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.; The Mirriam Hospital, Providence, RI, 02906, USA., Lin B; Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 12222, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback [Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback] 2024 Dec; Vol. 49 (4), pp. 677-694. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 23.
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-024-09661-2
Abstrakt: Childhood family stress (CFS) exacerbates risk for physical health problems across the lifespan. Health risks associated with CFS are particularly relevant for women who tend to endorse more CFS than men. Importantly, some evidence suggests that individuals may vary in their susceptibility to CFS. Parasympathetic activity, which helps to regulate automatic bodily activity (e.g., breathing, digestion), has been proposed to represent a marker of plasticity to environmental exposure. However, no research to date has tested whether parasympathetic activity may modulate the impact of early adversity on health. We examined whether parasympathetic activity would moderate the link between CFS and health complaints in a sample of 68 undergraduate women (Mean age = 19.44). Participants self-reported CFS and health complaints. Parasympathetic activity was indexed using high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) and was evaluated by measuring changes in HF-HRV in response to and following a laboratory-based stress induction. Multiple regression analyses indicated that CFS was significantly associated with more health complaints. Further, HF-HRV in response to stress and during recovery relative to baseline significantly moderated relationship between CFS and health complaints. Specifically, more CFS was significantly associated with more health complaints among women who showed mean or greater decreases in HF-HRV in response to stress. Additionally, lower levels of CFS were associated with fewer health complaints among women who showed mean or greater HF-HRV during recovery relative to baseline. Findings highlight the importance of parasympathetic activity in modulating stress-health links.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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