Self-esteem and neuroendocrine response to challenge: MacArthur studies of successful aging
| Autor: | Susan L. Greenspan, John W. Rowe, Barbara Gulanski, Richard J. Robbins, Lisa F. Berkman, Peter Charpentier, Teresa E. Seeman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Aging Automobile Driving endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Hydrocortisone Personality Inventory Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone media_common.quotation_subject Adrenocorticotropic hormone Corticotropin-releasing hormone Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Internal medicine Activities of Daily Living medicine Humans Personality Aged media_common Successful aging Cognition Self Concept Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Endocrinology Female Personality Assessment Inventory Arousal Psychology hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Glucocorticoid medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 39:69-84 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3999 |
| Popis: | The role of self-esteem in modulating patterns of neuroendocrine response to challenge at older ages was examined in 16 healthy 70-yr-olds. Responses to two challenges were examined: (1) a driving simulation designed to reflect a 'real life' challenge situation; and (2) a pharmacologic, corticotropin-releasing-hormone (CRH) challenge (1 micrograms/kg). Both challenges evoked significant elevations in cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Levels of self-esteem were significantly and negatively associated with peak elevations in cortisol in response to the driving simulation challenge (r = -0.51, p = 0.04). ACTH responses showed similar trends (r = -0.41, p = 0.12). Self-esteem levels were not correlated with responses to the CRH challenge. These data indicate that psychological characteristics such as self-esteem may play a role in modulating patterns of neuroendocrine response to cognitive/behavioral challenges in everyday life in older individuals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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