Early Parental Abuse, Subjective Appraisal of Daily Stressor Exposures, and Daily Salivary Alpha-amylase
Year: 2018
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: The study examined the impact of subjective appraisal of daily stressor exposures on daily salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) regulation, and the moderating effect of early parental abuse on the within-person daily stress physiology. A subsample of adults (N = 670) from the Midlife in the United States Refresher study completed an 8-day daily diary where they also provided 4 saliva samples per day for 4 consecutive days. Subjective appraisals on daily stressor severity, control, risk to feeling about self, and risk to others’ feelings about oneself were considered as key predictors of daily sAA area under the curve (AUC). Multilevel models suggested that when daily stressor severity was high and the risk to feeling about self from daily stressors was also high, individuals reported more frequent early parental abuse had lower sAA daily AUC. The findings suggested blunted daily sAA regulation in relation to early parental abuse.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: Y Liu, J Kong, D M Almeida
Institutions: Utah State University, Pennsylvania State University
Language: English
Subfield: Behavioral Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2899786656