Is Benefit Finding Good for Your Health? Pathways Linking Positive Life Changes After Stress and Physical Health Outcomes  

Oleh:

Bower, Julienne E. ; Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie ; Epel, Elissa

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Directions in Psychological Science vol. 18 no. 06 (Dec. 2009), page 337-341.
Topik: Benefit Finding; Stress; Health; Enhanced Allostasis
Fulltext: 07. Is Benefit Finding Good for Your Health - Pathways Linking Positive Life Changes After Stress and Physical....pdf (164.27KB)

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After experiencing a stressful or traumatic event, many individuals report positive changes in their lives, or benefit finding. Preliminary evidence suggests that benefit finding may lead to improvements in physical health. However, the mechanisms linking benefit finding to physical health outcomes have not been determined. This article describes an integrative model that identifies specific psychological and physiological pathways through which benefit finding may affect physical health. The underlying premise of the model is that benefit finding leads to more adaptive, efficient responses to future stressors, limiting exposure to stress hormones that may have damaging effects on long-term health.

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