Promoting Well-Being Across Adulthood: The Role of Conflict Avoidance

拟议的三年计划包括三个目标：1）收集每日日记数据，以研究 压力的生物指标，应对人际紧张关系，以及日常心理健康，2） 继续研究使用现有的数据有关压力和皮质醇，和3）使用所获得的知识来写 一个ROI，检查压力的生物指标，应对策略，以及对以后幸福的影响。的 候选人的总体研究目标是确定压力的生物指标，应对行为 日常心理健康。人际关系紧张是最常见和最有害的根源， 为幸福而压力。人们最有可能使用回避（例如，什么也不做），以科普人际关系 随着年龄的增长，问题和回避的使用增加，但很少有研究对日常生活的影响， 回避这项拟议中的研究评估了人们如何应对日常紧张局势， 年龄，以及应对策略，压力的生物指标和福祉之间的关联。日常 日记项目将包括来自底特律的108名成年人（40至80岁以上）的区域代表性样本 三县地区。参与者将完成关于社会关系的基线访谈， 在14天的时间里，每天晚上都要就紧张局势进行电话采访。第6天 到9，参与者将提供唾液样本，每天四次（清醒时，清醒后30分钟， 午餐前和睡觉时间）以及在他们经历人际关系紧张后的唾液样本。 将分析样本的皮质醇、DHEA-S和α-淀粉酶。据预测，老年人 报告更大的回避，并且回避将与幸福感高度相关（例如，低 皮质醇，更高的自我报告的幸福）在老年人。还预计某些类型的 避免更有益（例如，接受情况）而不是其他（例如，（一）为幸福而走。 这些目标与国家老龄化研究所的使命相一致：1）改善老年人的健康和生活质量， 老年人;和2）了解通过社会的生物和心理途径 人际关系可能影响健康。

The proposed three-year plan involves three goals: 1) collect daily diary data to examine links between biological indicators of stress, coping with interpersonal tensions, and daily psychological well-being, 2) continue research using existing data regarding stress and Cortisol, and 3) use the knowledge gained to write an ROl to examine biological indicators of stress, coping strategies, and implications for later well-being. The candidate's overall research goal is to identify links between biological indicators of stress, coping behaviors and daily psychological well-being. Interpersonal tensions are the most common and detrimental source of stress for well-being. People are most likely to use avoidance (e.g., do nothing) to cope with interpersonal problems and the use of avoidance increases with age, but there little research on the implications of daily avoidance. The proposed study assesses how people respond to daily tensions, whether responses vary by age, and associations among coping strategies, biological indicators of stress, and well-being. The daily diary project will include a regionally representative sample of 108 adults (aged 40 to 80+) from the Detroit Tri-County area. Participants will complete a baseline interview regarding social relationships and demographics, followed by daily phone interviews regarding tensions each night for 14 days. On days 6 through 9, participants will provide salivary samples four times a day (waking, 30 minutes after waking, before lunch, and bed time) as well as salivary samples after they experience interpersonal tensions. Samples will be analyzed for Cortisol, DHEA-S, and alpha-amylase. It is predicted that older people will report greater avoidance and that avoidance will be more highly associated with well-being (e.g., lower Cortisol, higher self-reported well-being) among older adults. It is also expected that certain types of avoidance are more beneficial (e.g., accepting the situation) than others (e.g., walking away) for well-being. These goals parallel the National Institutes on Aging missions to: 1) improve the health and quality of life of older people; and 2) understand the biological and psychological pathways through which social relationships may influence health.