title: Health-related stress, affect, and depressive symptoms experienced by caregiving mothers of adults with a developmental disability.
abstract: The interrelationships among health-related stress, positive and negative affect, and depressive symptoms patterned in the dynamic model of affect (J. Reich, A. Zautra, & M. Davis, 2003) were examined using data from 932 women having an adult child with a developmental disability. Results indicate that women experience a moderate inverse correlation between positive and negative affect under conditions of low levels of health-related stress, whereas at high levels of stress, positive and negative affect become more strongly inversely correlated. Under high-stress conditions, both negative affect and positive affect have a stronger relationship to depressive symptoms than they do under low-stress conditions.
authors.affiliation: Initiatives on Aging, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA. pruchnra@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Rachel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pruchno
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meeks
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology