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Self-compassion, chronic age-related stressors, and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood

Author(s): Heather Herriot

Many older adults experience chronic age-related stressors (e.g., life regrets or health problems) that are difficult to control and can disturb cortisol regulation. Self-compassion may buffer adverse effects of these stressful experiences on diurnal cortis...

Article GUID: 29948541
Self-regulation of common age-related challenges: benefits for older adults' psychological and physical health.

Author(s): Wrosch C, Dunne E, Scheier MF, Schulz R

J Behav Med. 2006 Jun;29(3):299-306 Authors: Wrosch C, Dunne E, Scheier MF, Schulz R

Article GUID: 16724284
Title:Self-compassion, chronic age-related stressors, and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood
Authors:Heather Herriot
Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29948541/
DOI:10.1007/s10865-018-9943-6
Category:J Behav Med
PMID:29948541
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Department of Psychology and Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
2 Department of Psychology and Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada. carsten.wrosch@concordia.ca.

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Many older adults experience chronic age-related stressors (e.g., life regrets or health problems) that are difficult to control and can disturb cortisol regulation. Self-compassion may buffer adverse effects of these stressful experiences on diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood. To examine whether self-compassion could benefit older adults' cortisol secretion in the context of chronic and largely uncontrollable age-related stressors, 233 community-dwelling older adults reported their...