Combining Life History Calendars and Ecological Momentary Assessment for Evaluating Everyday Stress and Its Impact on Mental Health in Healthy Adults: Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: Stress is a well-established risk factor for a range of negative health outcomes, making the longitudinal assessment of everyday stress increasingly important. This study tested the feasibility of combining a prospective assessment of stress responses using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) with a retrospective evaluation of stressors via a Life History Calendar (LHC). It also examined how different operationalizations of stress components-reactivity, recovery, and pileup-using various intra-individual baselines influenced stressor count, mental health symptoms, and trait anxiety. A sample of 165 adults (50.9% female; M age = 24.91 years, SD = 4.61) was followed over six months. Stress responses were assessed prospectively via EMA, administered three times daily, and stressor exposure

SUBMITTER: Chavarria-Elizondo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12921539 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature