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Goal-striving stress and repeated measures of adiposity in the Jackson heart study.

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Cain-Shields, L; Glover, L; Joseph, JJ; Bertoni, AG; Sims, M
Published in: Stress Health
August 2022

Psychosocial stressors are determinants of increases in adiposity. Both psychosocial stressors and adiposity are higher among African Americans (AAs). Therefore, clarifying the stress-obesity link in AAs is important. The stress associated with goal striving is particularly relevant to AAs because opportunity for upward mobility is not always equal. Goal-striving stress (GSS) has not been assessed with adiposity, a potential result of GSS. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether GSS would be associated with repeated measures of adiposity [body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHR)] in AAs. Linear mixed models were used to assess the relationship between GSS with repeated measures of adiposity across three exam periods among 2902 AAs, and sex was assessed as a moderator. Models were adjusted for demographics, health behaviours, morbidities, and daily discrimination. GSS was positively associated with repeated measures of adiposity in women but not men: WC [estimate (standard error) p-value] [0.003 (0.001) p < 0.01] and WHR [0.003 (0.0007) p < 0.01]. This suggests that high stress due to goal striving may contribute to greater increases in adiposity in AA women over time. Community-based interventions should continue to consider focused support group models as viable options for goal-striving related stress reduction.

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Stress Health

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EISSN

1532-2998

Publication Date

August 2022

Volume

38

Issue

3

Start / End Page

443 / 452

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Waist-Hip Ratio
  • Risk Factors
  • Psychiatry
  • Obesity
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Goals
  • Female
  • Body Mass Index
  • Adiposity
 

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Cain-Shields, L., Glover, L., Joseph, J. J., Bertoni, A. G., & Sims, M. (2022). Goal-striving stress and repeated measures of adiposity in the Jackson heart study. Stress Health, 38(3), 443–452. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3105
Cain-Shields, Loretta, LáShauntá Glover, Joshua J. Joseph, Alain G. Bertoni, and Mario Sims. “Goal-striving stress and repeated measures of adiposity in the Jackson heart study.Stress Health 38, no. 3 (August 2022): 443–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3105.
Cain-Shields L, Glover L, Joseph JJ, Bertoni AG, Sims M. Goal-striving stress and repeated measures of adiposity in the Jackson heart study. Stress Health. 2022 Aug;38(3):443–52.
Cain-Shields, Loretta, et al. “Goal-striving stress and repeated measures of adiposity in the Jackson heart study.Stress Health, vol. 38, no. 3, Aug. 2022, pp. 443–52. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/smi.3105.
Cain-Shields L, Glover L, Joseph JJ, Bertoni AG, Sims M. Goal-striving stress and repeated measures of adiposity in the Jackson heart study. Stress Health. 2022 Aug;38(3):443–452.
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Published In

Stress Health

DOI

EISSN

1532-2998

Publication Date

August 2022

Volume

38

Issue

3

Start / End Page

443 / 452

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Waist-Hip Ratio
  • Risk Factors
  • Psychiatry
  • Obesity
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Goals
  • Female
  • Body Mass Index
  • Adiposity