biostudies-literatureNg AEHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and HappinessNCCIH NIH HHSNIA NIH HHSHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research NetworkCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchNational Institute on AgingCIHR757-767https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11899792biostudies-literatureUnknown43(10)<h4>Objective</h4>Psychological factors, including psychological distress and well-being, have been associated with cardiometabolic disease risk. Here, we examined whether a psychological process, namely how individuals cope with stressors, relates to such risk, which has been understudied.<h4>Method</h4>During 2004-2006, 2,142 participants without heart disease and diabetes from the Midlife in the U.S. study completed a validated coping inventory assessing six strategies (positive reinterpretation and growth, active coping, planning, focus on and venting of emotion, denial, and behavioral disengagement) and relevant covariates. As a proxy for coping flexibility, participants were also classified as having lower, moderate, or greater variability in their use of these strategies. Heart diseHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological AssociationAre there sociodemographic-specific associations of coping with heart disease and diabetes incidence?PMC11899792P01 AG020166P01-AG020166; U19-AG051426U19 AG051426R25 AT010664Ng AETrudel-Fitzgerald CKubzansky LDGuimond AJfalseAre there sociodemographic-specific associations of coping with heart disease and diabetes incidence?<h4>Objective</h4>Psychological factors, including psychological distress and well-being, have been associated with cardiometabolic disease risk. Here, we examined whether a psychological process, namely how individuals cope with stressors, relates to such risk, which has been understudied.<h4>Method</h4>During 2004-2006, 2,142 participants without heart disease and diabetes from the Midlife in the U.S. study completed a validated coping inventory assessing six strategies (positive reinterpretation and growth, active coping, planning, focus on and venting of emotion, denial, and behavioral disengagement) and relevant covariates. As a proxy for coping flexibility, participants were also classified as having lower, moderate, or greater variability in their use of these strategies. Heart dise2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Oct2026-06-04T00:02:24.982Z2026-05-03T03:12:31.81ZS-EPMC118997923888497810.1037/hea0001386