Are there sociodemographic-specific associations of coping with heart disease and diabetes incidence?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Psychological factors, including psychological distress and well-being, have been associated with cardiometabolic disease risk. Here, we examined whether a psychological process, namely how individuals cope with stressors, relates to such risk, which has been understudied.

Method

During 2004-2006, 2,142 participants without heart disease and diabetes from the Midlife in the U.S. study completed a validated coping inventory assessing six strategies (positive reinterpretation and growth, active coping, planning, focus on and venting of emotion, denial, and behavioral disengagement) and relevant covariates. As a proxy for coping flexibility, participants were also classified as having lower, moderate, or greater variability in their use of these strategies. Heart dise

SUBMITTER: Ng AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11899792 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature