Self-Reported Chronic Stress Is Unique Across Lifetime Periods: A Test of Competing Structural Equation Models.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Chronic stress can have deleterious effects on physical and mental health. However, self-report measures of chronic stress typically only assess stress recently, ignoring ongoing or repeated stress throughout the life span. The present study tested whether retrospective judgments of stress across different lifetime periods offer unique information that cannot be ascertained by measures of recent chronic stress.

Research design and methods

A survey was given to 271 adults aged 46-81 using Amazon's Mechanical Turk. The questions assessed self-reported stress across multiple domains (e.g., general stress, financial stress, interpersonal stress) from well-known and validated surveys. Also, items were added to assess different lifetime periods of self-re

SUBMITTER: Brasfield MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10825840 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature