Positive and negative affect are associated with salivary cortisol in the everyday life of older adults: A quantitative synthesis of four aging studies

Pauly, Theresa; Drewelies, Johanna; Kołodziejczak, Karolina; Katzorreck, Martin; Lücke, Anna; Schilling, Oliver; Kunzmann, Ute; Wahl, Hans Werner; Ditzen, Beate; Ram, Nilam; Gerstorf, Denis; Hoppmann, Christiane A.

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105403

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“…Interestingly, all associations observed between physical activity and serum markers before physical distancing were not detected 6 months following, while a positive correlation was detected to BMI and cortisol. Since cortisol is an end-product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis associated with stress conditions in older adults ( 88 ), and it increases the search for pleasurable activities, such as the consumption of comfort foods rich in sugar and fat ( 89 , 90 ); this finding could be associated with the stress period lived by participants of the present study.…”

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Effects of physical distancing by COVID-19 pandemic on diet quality, neurological and immunological markers, and fecal microbiota of Brazilian older women

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Physical distancing was used to prevent transmission of COVID-19, however there are concerns that this may promote harmful impacts on health, such as reduced levels of physical practice and changes in food intake and gut microbiota composition. This study evaluated the impacts of 6 months physical distancing on Brazilian older women upon body mass index (BMI), strength, physical activity level (IPAQ), eating habits, neurological markers (brain-derived neurotrophic factor-BDNF and cortisol), cytokines (IL-2, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, interferon-IFN-γ, tumor necrosis factor-TNF-α), aging-associated markers (vascular endothelial growth factor-VEGF, insulin-like growth factor-IGF-1, klotho and thymic stromal lymphopoietin-TSLP), besides specific groups of fecal microbiota. Fifteen women, over 60 years old, residents of São Paulo state (Brazil), were evaluated in March and in September 2020. The older adult women, with a mean age 66 ± 6.2 years presented significantly increased BMI and high effect size for non-protective foods consumption, reduced light physical activity and strength 6 months following the physical distancing. Furthermore, the serum concentration of IFN-γ, IGF-1, and IFN-γ/IL-5 were significantly higher, while lower concentration of IL-2 and IL-5 were observed 6 months after the physical distancing. Significant increase was noted only to Blautia spp. abundance after 6 months of physical distancing. Several correlations were observed at both before and after physical distancing, however, interestingly, many of them were lost or inverted 6 months following, while new ones emerged. Taken together, these results showed that lifestyle changes and stress conditions addressed by physical distancing from the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the health of older women included in the present study. Therefore, future follow-up studies are essential to propose interventions in order to restore the health conditions observed before the pandemic period, and thus to maintain the quality of life of older adults in different socioeconomic contexts.

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“…The experience of such performance failures might be comparatively frequent in our sample of older and very old adults, create stress and thereby prompt people to feel relatively older. Another important aspect might be the experience of negative affect, given the link between (momentary) affect and both cortisol and subjective age (Dutt & Wahl, 2017; Pauly et al, 2021). Since stress and negative affect have a high conceptual and empirical overlap, it might be worthwhile to disentangle the respective relations in future research.…”

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“…Participants who felt more than 18.49 years older or more than 37.47 years younger than their chronological age (±3 SD ; N = 2, 1.3% of values) were excluded. Health status was assessed with the help of a comorbidity index used also in Pauly et al (2021). A sum score was computed of 13 health conditions self-reported by the participants.…”

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“…MOMENTARY SUBJECTIVE AGE AND STRESS However, Pauly et al (2021) found that participants with worse health status instead had a lower coupling of momentary affect and cortisol, suggesting that older adults with more health conditions have impaired HPA axis functioning and thus reduced capacity to show cortisol states that fluctuate with momentary psychological states. One might consequently also expect a lower coupling between cortisol and subjective age in older individuals with poor rather than good physical health or cognitive functioning.…”

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“…For details about the procedure regarding the assessment of momentary self-reports (subjective age, perceived stress) and salivary cortisol, see Kornadt et al (2021) and Pauly et al (2021), respectively. Participants answered up to six brief questionnaires presented on an iPad during the course of the day for seven consecutive days (five participants who did not feel comfortable This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.…”

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Positive and negative affect are associated with salivary cortisol in the everyday life of older adults: A quantitative synthesis of four aging studies

Cited by 8 publications

References 55 publications

Effects of physical distancing by COVID-19 pandemic on diet quality, neurological and immunological markers, and fecal microbiota of Brazilian older women

Effects of physical distancing by COVID-19 pandemic on diet quality, neurological and immunological markers, and fecal microbiota of Brazilian older women

Momentary subjective age is associated with perceived and physiological stress in the daily lives of old and very old adults.

Examining Reactivity and Recovery Patterns of Pain-Evoked Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase Trajectories: Relations Between Psychological Markers of Risk and Resilience

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