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Physical health problems, depressive mood, and cortisol secretion in old age: buffer effects of health engagement control strategies.

Author(s): Wrosch C, Schulz R, Miller GE, Lupien S, Dunne E

Health Psychol. 2007 May;26(3):341-9 Authors: Wrosch C, Schulz R, Miller GE, Lupien S, Dunne E

Article GUID: 17500621
Regret intensity, diurnal cortisol secretion, and physical health in older individuals: evidence for directional effects and protective factors.

Author(s): Wrosch C, Bauer I, Miller GE, Lupien S

Psychol Aging. 2007 Jun;22(2):319-30 Authors: Wrosch C, Bauer I, Miller GE, Lupien S

Article GUID: 17563187
Diurnal cortisol secretion and 2-year changes in older adults' physical symptoms: the moderating roles of negative affect and sleep.

Author(s): Wrosch C, Miller GE, Lupien S, Pruessner JC

Health Psychol. 2008 Nov;27(6):685-93 Authors: Wrosch C, Miller GE, Lupien S, Pruessner JC

Article GUID: 19025263
Depressive symptoms can be useful: self-regulatory and emotional benefits of dysphoric mood in adolescence.

Author(s): Wrosch C, Miller GE

J Pers Soc Psychol. 2009 Jun;96(6):1181-90 Authors: Wrosch C, Miller GE

Article GUID: 19469595
Goal adjustment capacities, coping, and subjective well-being: the sample case of caregiving for a family member with mental illness.

Author(s): Wrosch C, Amir E, Miller GE

J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 May;100(5):934-46 Authors: Wrosch C, Amir E, Miller GE

Article GUID: 21381855
Goal disengagement, functional disability, and depressive symptoms in old age.

Author(s): Dunne E, Wrosch C, Miller GE

Health Psychol. 2011 Nov;30(6):763-70 Authors: Dunne E, Wrosch C, Miller GE

Article GUID: 21604877
Title:Goal adjustment capacities, coping, and subjective well-being: the sample case of caregiving for a family member with mental illness.
Authors:Wrosch C,  Amir E,  Miller GE
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21381855?dopt=Abstract
Category:J Pers Soc Psychol
PMID:21381855
Dept Affiliation: CRDH
1 Centre for Research in Human Development, Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. carsten.wrosch@concordia.ca

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Goal adjustment capacities, coping, and subjective well-being: the sample case of caregiving for a family member with mental illness.

J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 May;100(5):934-46

Authors: Wrosch C, Amir E, Miller GE

Abstract

This study examined the associations between goal adjustment capacities, coping, and indicators of subjective well-being in 2 waves of data from individuals who provide care for a family member with mental illness. We hypothesized that goal adjustment capacities would predict higher levels of subjective well-being by facilitating coping with caregiving stress. Results showed that goal disengagement was associated with effective care-specific coping (e.g., less self-blame and substance use). Goal reengagement was also associated with effective care-specific coping (e.g., positive reframing), but at the same time it predicted the use of less effective strategies (e.g., venting and self-distraction). Moreover, goal disengagement predicted lower levels of caregiver burden and depressive symptoms and buffered the longitudinal effect of caregiver burden on increases in depressive symptoms. Goal reengagement, by contrast, predicted higher levels of caregiver burden and purpose in life and buffered the cross-sectional association between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms. Finally, effective (and less useful) care-specific coping statistically explained the adaptive (and maladaptive) effects of goal adjustment capacities on participants' well-being.

PMID: 21381855 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]