Journal article
Family emotional climate and health: Testing conveyance of effects via psychobiological mediators
Personal relationships, Vol.27(3), pp.674-707
09/01/2020
DOI: 10.1111/pere.12337
Abstract
Using the Biobehavioral Family Model and data from five Midlife in the United States projects (N= 793), this study tests whether allostatic load and negative affect reactivity convey the effects of categorizations of family emotional climate on health appraisal and morbidity (chronic conditions) across 20 years. Results indicated that negative family emotional climate (high strain, low support/parental affection) was indirectly associated with health appraisal 20 years later via negative affect reactivity at 10 years. Ambivalent family emotional climate (high strain/support) was directly associated with greater morbidity. Allostatic load did not serve as a significant mediator in the models tested. Findings suggest that family emotional climates marked by strain and intensity may be especially problematic for health, partly by exacerbating negative affect reactivity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Family emotional climate and health: Testing conveyance of effects via psychobiological mediators
- Creators
- Sarah B. Woods - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterPatricia N. E. Roberson - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleJacob B. Priest - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Personal relationships, Vol.27(3), pp.674-707
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/pere.12337
- ISSN
- 1350-4126
- eISSN
- 1475-6811
- Number of pages
- 34
- Grant note
- P01-AG020166 / John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network - National Institute on Aging
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; University College Courses; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984281654102771
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