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• 1. [Article] Do Hassles and Uplifts Change with Age? Longitudinal Findings from the NAS

  This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by American Psychological Association and can be found at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pag/index.aspx. This ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Do Hassles and Uplifts Change with Age? Longitudinal Findings from the NAS Author: Aldwin, Carolyn M., Jeong, Yu-Jin, Igarashi, Heidi, Spiro, Avron, III This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by American Psychological Association and can be found at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pag/index.aspx. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. Title: Do Hassles and Uplifts Change with Age? Longitudinal Findings from the NAS Author: Aldwin, Carolyn M., Jeong, Yu-Jin, Igarashi, Heidi, Spiro, Avron, III This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by American Psychological Association and can be found at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pag/index.aspx. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. Close

• 2. [Article] Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study

  We examined long-term patterns of stressful life events (SLE) and their impact on mortality contrasting two theoretical models: allostatic load (linear relationship) and hormesis (inverted U relationship) ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study Author: Aldwin, Carolyn M., Molitor, Nuoo-Ting, Igarashi, Heidi, Molitor, John, Spiro, Avron III, Levenson, Michael R. We examined long-term patterns of stressful life events (SLE) and their impact on mortality contrasting two theoretical models: allostatic load (linear relationship) and hormesis (inverted U relationship) in 1443 NASmen (aged 41–87 in 1985; M = 60.30, SD = 7.3) with at least two reports of SLEs over 18 years (total observations = 7,634). Using a zero-inflated Poisson growth mixture model, we identified four patterns of SLE trajectories, three showing linear decreases over time with low, medium, and high intercepts, respectively, and one an inverted U, peaking at age 70. Repeating the analysis omitting two health-related SLEs yielded only the first three linear patterns. Compared to the low-stress group, both the moderate and the high-stress groups showed excess mortality, controlling for demographics and health behavior habits, HRs = 1.42 and 1.37, ps < .01 and < .05. The relationship between stress trajectories and mortality was complex and not easily explained by either theoretical model. Title: Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study Author: Aldwin, Carolyn M., Molitor, Nuoo-Ting, Igarashi, Heidi, Molitor, John, Spiro, Avron III, Levenson, Michael R. We examined long-term patterns of stressful life events (SLE) and their impact on mortality contrasting two theoretical models: allostatic load (linear relationship) and hormesis (inverted U relationship) in 1443 NASmen (aged 41–87 in 1985; M = 60.30, SD = 7.3) with at least two reports of SLEs over 18 years (total observations = 7,634). Using a zero-inflated Poisson growth mixture model, we identified four patterns of SLE trajectories, three showing linear decreases over time with low, medium, and high intercepts, respectively, and one an inverted U, peaking at age 70. Repeating the analysis omitting two health-related SLEs yielded only the first three linear patterns. Compared to the low-stress group, both the moderate and the high-stress groups showed excess mortality, controlling for demographics and health behavior habits, HRs = 1.42 and 1.37, ps < .01 and < .05. The relationship between stress trajectories and mortality was complex and not easily explained by either theoretical model. Close