Exposure to stressors and trajectories of perceived stress among older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Models of stress incorporate both the environmental demands experienced by individuals (stressors) and the appraisal of these life events (perceptions). Because little is known about the extent to which experience and perceptions are related, we examine this relationship in a nationally representative population of older Taiwanese adults.

Method

Using growth models applied to data from 3 waves (1999, 2003, and 2007) of the Taiwan Longitudinal Study of Aging, we (a) investigate patterns of change in perceived stress in later adulthood and (b) examine how experienced stressors influence perceived stress. Participants were asked to report the presence of, and in some cases the degree of, exposure to stressors including total number of medical conditions, difficulty w

SUBMITTER: Vasunilashorn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4415078 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature