Wong Jen D, Mailick Marsha R, Greenberg Jan S, Hong Jinkuk, Coe Christopher L
The Ohio State University.
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Fam Relat. 2014 Feb;63(1):135-147. doi: 10.1111/fare.12055.
The effect of daily work stress on the next morning's awakening cortisol level was determined in a sample of 124 mothers (M age = 49.89, SD= 6.33) of adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities and compared to 115 mothers (M age = 46.19, SD = 7.08) of individuals without disabilities. Mothers participated in 8 days of diary telephone interviews and provided saliva samples. Multilevel models revealed that mothers of individuals with developmental disabilities had lower awakening cortisol levels than comparison mothers. Work stress interacted with parental status to predict the awakening cortisol level on the following morning. When mothers of individuals with developmental disabilities experienced a work stressor, their awakening cortisol level was significantly higher on the subsequent morning, but for comparison mothers, work stressors were not significantly associated with cortisol level. Findings extend understanding of the differential impacts of specific types of stressors on physiological functioning of mothers of individuals with and without developmental disabilities.
在124名患有发育障碍的青少年和成年人的母亲(平均年龄=49.89,标准差=6.33)样本中,确定了日常工作压力对次日早晨觉醒皮质醇水平的影响,并与115名无残疾个体的母亲(平均年龄=46.19,标准差=7.08)进行了比较。母亲们参与了为期8天的日记式电话访谈,并提供了唾液样本。多层次模型显示,发育障碍个体的母亲的觉醒皮质醇水平低于对照组母亲。工作压力与父母身份相互作用,以预测次日早晨的觉醒皮质醇水平。当发育障碍个体的母亲经历工作压力源时,她们次日早晨的觉醒皮质醇水平显著更高,但对于对照组母亲来说,工作压力源与皮质醇水平没有显著关联。研究结果扩展了我们对特定类型压力源对有和没有发育障碍个体的母亲生理功能的不同影响的理解。