TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between cumulative adversity and mental health
T2 - Considering dose and primary focus of adversity
AU - Kinan, Giora
AU - Shrira, Amit
AU - Shmotkin, Dov
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The Israeli component of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe was funded by the US National Institute on Aging (R21 AG2516901), by the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (G.I.F.), and by the
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Purpose The study addressed the dose-response model in the association of cumulative adversity with mental health. Method Data of 1,725 participants aged 50+ were drawn from the Israeli component of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe. Measures included an inventory of potentially traumatic events, distress (lifetime depression, depressive symptoms), and well-being (quality of life, optimism/hope). Results The maximal effect of cumulative trauma emerged in the contrast between 0-2 and 3+ events, where the higher number of events related to higher distress but also to higher well-being. While self-oriented adversity revealed no, or negative, association with well-being, other-oriented adversity revealed a positive association. Conclusions The study suggests an experiential dose of cumulative adversity leading to a co-activation of distress and well-being. The source of this co-activation seems to be other-oriented adversity.
AB - Purpose The study addressed the dose-response model in the association of cumulative adversity with mental health. Method Data of 1,725 participants aged 50+ were drawn from the Israeli component of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe. Measures included an inventory of potentially traumatic events, distress (lifetime depression, depressive symptoms), and well-being (quality of life, optimism/hope). Results The maximal effect of cumulative trauma emerged in the contrast between 0-2 and 3+ events, where the higher number of events related to higher distress but also to higher well-being. While self-oriented adversity revealed no, or negative, association with well-being, other-oriented adversity revealed a positive association. Conclusions The study suggests an experiential dose of cumulative adversity leading to a co-activation of distress and well-being. The source of this co-activation seems to be other-oriented adversity.
KW - Cumulative adversity
KW - Dose-response
KW - Other-oriented adversity
KW - SHARE-Israel
KW - Self-oriented adversity
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U2 - 10.1007/s11136-011-0035-0
DO - 10.1007/s11136-011-0035-0
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C2 - 21983715
AN - SCOPUS:84867042265
SN - 0962-9343
VL - 21
SP - 1149
EP - 1158
JO - Quality of Life Research
JF - Quality of Life Research
IS - 7
ER -