Sense of coherence buffers relationships of chronic stress with fasting glucose levels

Jianping Zhang; Peter P VITALIANO; Susan K LUTGENDORF; James M SCANLAN; Margaret V SAVAGE

doi:10.1023/A:1005634420653

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Sense of coherence buffers relationships of chronic stress with fasting glucose levels

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Sense of coherence buffers relationships of chronic stress with fasting glucose levels

Jianping Zhang, Peter P VITALIANO, Susan K LUTGENDORF, James M SCANLAN and Margaret V SAVAGE

Journal of behavioral medicine, Vol.24(1), pp.33-55

2001

DOI: 10.1023/A:1005634420653

PMID: 11296469

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Abstract

Sense of coherence (SOC) was examined as a buffer of the relationship of chronic stress with fasting glucose and insulin levels. Spouse caregivers of persons with diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n = 73) were compared to controls [spouses of nondemented persons (n = 69)], group-matched on age/gender. After controlling for anger and coronary heart disease (CHD), interactions of SOC and gender explained variance in glucose (but not insulin) at study entry (T1) and 15–18 months later (T2). However, this occurred only in caregivers. At both times SOC and glucose were negatively related in men caregivers but not in women caregivers or in controls. In caregivers (but not controls), SOC at T1 predicted glucose at T2, independent of gender, anger, and glucose at T1; and hassles at T1 appeared to mediate this relationship. Future research should examine SOC as a buffer of other chronic stressors and metabolic variables.

Geriatrics

Biological and medical sciences

Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry

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Psychopathology. Psychiatry

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Title: Subtitle: Sense of coherence buffers relationships of chronic stress with fasting glucose levels
Creators: Jianping Zhang - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
Peter P VITALIANO - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
Susan K LUTGENDORF - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
James M SCANLAN - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
Margaret V SAVAGE - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of behavioral medicine, Vol.24(1), pp.33-55
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005634420653
PMID: 11296469
NLM abbreviation: J Behav Med
ISSN: 0160-7715
eISSN: 1573-3521
Publisher: Springer; New York, NY
Language: English
Date published: 2001
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Urology
Record Identifier: 9984065884802771

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