LIFE COURSE TIMING OF ADVERSITY AND DIURNAL CORTISOL IN LATER LIFE
Nadine Sikora, Briana Mezuk, James Abelson, Jane Rafferty, Jamie Abelson, Julie Ober Allen · 2023
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Nadine Sikora and co-authors study how the timing of adversity shapes stress hormones in a 2023 paper. Hardship is thought to flatten the daily rhythm of cortisol, a pattern tied to heart and metabolic risk. The team merged two cohort studies with matching measures.
The combined sample held 175 adults with an average age near sixty-one. Childhood trauma reports and adult stressor records were set against saliva cortisol slopes. Overall childhood adversity showed no link to later slopes, though emotional abuse did. The number of adult stressful events, and recent ones especially, also tracked with slopes. Adult stress stayed significant when all measures competed.
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| CREATOR | Nadine Sikora, Briana Mezuk, James Abelson, Jane Rafferty, Jamie Abelson, Julie Ober Allen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |