Are the ways women cope with stressors related to their health behaviors over time?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Emerging research suggests the use of certain strategies to cope with stressors relate to disease and mortality risk, and lifestyle habits may be underlying mechanisms. Studies show psychological symptoms (eg, anxiety) and states (eg, happiness) predict the likelihood of adopting an integrated lifestyle that encompasses key health-related behaviors, like smoking. Yet, whether psychological processes, including stress-related coping, influence the adoption of a healthy lifestyle is unknown. We investigated whether coping strategies typically deemed adaptive (eg, seeking emotional support) and maladaptive (eg, denial) relate to sustaining a healthy lifestyle over a 16-year follow-up. We also explored whether variability in the use of these strategies, reflecting attempts to

SUBMITTER: Trudel-Fitzgerald C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11799860 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature