Effects of Chronic Burden Across Multiple Domains and Experiences of Daily Stressors on Negative Affect.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to chronic psychological stress across multiple life domains (multi-domain chronic burden) is associated with poor health. This may be because multi-domain chronic burden influences daily-level emotional processes, though this hypothesis has not been thoroughly tested.

Purpose

The current study tested whether (a) multi-domain chronic burden is associated with greater exposure to daily stressors and (b) multi-domain chronic burden compounds negative affect on days with stressors compared to stressor-free days.

Methods

The MIDUS Study (Wave II) and the National Study of Daily Experiences sub-study were conducted from 2004 to 2006 (N = 2,022). Participants reported on eight life domains of psychological stress used to create a multi-domain chronic bur

SUBMITTER: Lockwood KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528775 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature