TY - JOUR
T1 - Benefit finding and diurnal cortisol slope in maternal caregivers
T2 - A moderating role for positive emotion
AU - Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie
AU - Epel, Elissa S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by NIMH/NINR grant MH58069, NIH grant M01-RR1271, the Positive Psychology Network, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - The purpose of the present study was to explore the associations among benefit finding, daily positive and negative emotion, and daily cortisol slope in 71 maternal caregivers. Benefit finding was measured using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI; Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (1996). The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: Measuring the positive legacy of trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress 9, 455–472.). Cortisol slope was not significantly correlated with any of the PTGI subscales, positive emotion, or negative emotion. However, the interactions of daily positive emotion with the PTGI subscales of Personal Strength, Appreciation of Life, and Spiritual Change were statistically significant such that higher scores on these subscales predicted a steeper (more adaptive) daily cortisol slope only for those women who also had higher levels of daily positive emotion.
AB - The purpose of the present study was to explore the associations among benefit finding, daily positive and negative emotion, and daily cortisol slope in 71 maternal caregivers. Benefit finding was measured using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI; Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (1996). The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: Measuring the positive legacy of trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress 9, 455–472.). Cortisol slope was not significantly correlated with any of the PTGI subscales, positive emotion, or negative emotion. However, the interactions of daily positive emotion with the PTGI subscales of Personal Strength, Appreciation of Life, and Spiritual Change were statistically significant such that higher scores on these subscales predicted a steeper (more adaptive) daily cortisol slope only for those women who also had higher levels of daily positive emotion.
KW - Diurnal cortisol
KW - Positive emotion
KW - Posttraumatic growth
KW - Stress related growth
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U2 - 10.1080/17439760500510510
DO - 10.1080/17439760500510510
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009593068
VL - 1
SP - 83
EP - 91
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
SN - 1743-9760
IS - 2
ER -