Emotion regulation as a protective factor in the association between stress and inflammation in older adults.

ABSTRACT: ER diversity and global ER ability significantly moderated the prospective association between stress and interleukin-6Objective: Identifying psychosocial factors that promote health in the context of stress and aging is needed. Emotion regulation (ER) may be one such protective factor. The current study tested three forms of ER-use of individual ER strategies, diversity of ER strategies, and global ER ability-as moderators of the prospective association between perceived stress and inflammation in older adults.

Method

Adults (N = 162) aged 60+ completed baseline measures of perceived stress, ER strategies (situation selection, situation modification, reappraisal, and emotional acceptance) tested individually, and combined into an ER diversity metric, and a measure of global

SUBMITTER: Reed RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12354269 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature