Psychological resilience to lifetime trauma and risk for cardiometabolic disease and mortality in older adults: A longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Trauma exposure is associated with risk for cardiometabolic disease and mortality, in part through negative psychological sequelae. In contrast, psychological resilience, showing positive psychological health despite experiencing trauma, may offset some of this risk. We examined longitudinal associations of psychological resilience to lifetime trauma and cardiometabolic outcomes and mortality in a large sample of older adults.

Methods

Using data from 6596 US Health and Retirement Study participants who had experienced lifetime trauma (mean age 64), we defined manifested psychological resilience based on trauma burden and psychological health (composite of low distress and high psychological well-being) through 2012. New onset cardiometabolic disease (heart problems

SUBMITTER: Nishimi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306198 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature