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Strahler J, Nater UM, Skoluda N. Associations between Health Behaviors and Factors on Markers of Healthy Psychological and Physiological Functioning: a Daily Diary Study. Ann Behav Med 2019; 54:22-35. [DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaz018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background
Cross-sectional and experimental knowledge highlight the contribution of various health-promoting behaviors, such as physical activity, regular sleep, and healthy nutrition to mental and physical health. Beyond these well-studied lifestyle behaviors, music listening and perceived respect in social interactions are just recently proposed everyday life experiences, which may act as health-promoting factors.
Purpose
This study tested the simultaneous contribution of several health-promoting behaviors and factors and examined listening to music and positive social interaction by means of perceived respect as new potentially preventive and health-promoting behaviors and factors using an ambulatory assessment design.
Methods
Seventy-seven young healthy adults (38 women, 23.9 ± 4.5 years) completed surveys on their psychological state (i.e., mood, stress, and fatigue) five times a day for four consecutive days. A saliva sample was collected with each data entry to explore the physiological stress markers salivary cortisol, alpha-amylase, and flow rate as further outcome variables. As predictors, perceived respect, self-reported physical activity, the sleep’s restfulness, daily coffee, alcohol, vegetable/fruit consumption, and music listening behavior were recorded.
Results
Overall, restful sleep, mean daily perceived respect, and listening to music were most clearly associated with more positive psychological states, that is, better mood and lower fatigue and perceived stress. Associations with daily alcohol, coffee, and vegetable/fruit consumption appeared rather minor. While perceived respect scores were associated with lower daily cortisol output, coffee consumption was positively related to daily cortisol and alpha-amylase. Self-reported physical activity was unrelated to either outcome measure.
Conclusions
These findings provide important insights regarding potential resources of health (i.e., music and respect), their covariation, and which psycho-physiological mechanisms may underlie the links between health factors and well-being. Findings also have implications for the development of interventions aiming to increase resilience and foster health. Here, strategies for improving sleep quality, the use of music, and approaches that emphasize mutual respect and appreciation appear useful additions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jana Strahler
- Clinical Biopsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Psychotherapy and Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychology and Sport Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Clinical Biopsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Department of Applied Psychology: Health, Development, Enhancement and Intervention, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Biopsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical School, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Applied Psychology: Health, Development, Enhancement and Intervention, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Simultaneous measurement of salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase: Application and recommendations. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 83:657-677. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Mick I, Spring K, Uhr M, Zimmermann US. Alcohol administration attenuates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity in healthy men at low genetic risk for alcoholism, but not in high-risk subjects. Addict Biol 2013; 18:863-71. [PMID: 22260244 DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Acute alcohol challenge studies in rodents and naturalistic observations in drinking alcoholics suggest that alcohol stimulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system. The literature on respective studies in healthy volunteers is more inconsistent, suggesting differential alcohol effects depending on dosage, recent drinking history, family history of alcoholism and alcohol-induced side effects. These papers and the putative pharmacologic mechanisms underlying alcohol effects on the HPA system are reviewed here and compared with a new study, in which we investigated how secretion of adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and cortisol is affected by ingestion of 0.6 g/kg ethanol in 33 young healthy socially drinking males with a paternal history of alcoholism (PHP) versus 30 family history negative (FHN) males. Alcohol and placebo were administered in a 2-day, double-blind, placebo controlled crossover design with randomized administration sequence. After administration of placebo, ACTH and cortisol decreased steadily over 130 minutes. In FHN subjects, secretion of both hormones was even more attenuated after alcohol, resulting in significantly lower levels compared with placebo. In PHP subjects, no alcohol effect on hormone secretion could be detected. The ratio of cortisol to ACTH secretion, each expressed as area under the secretion curve, was significantly increased by alcohol in FHN and PHP participants. These results argue against HPA stimulation being a mechanism that promotes the transition from moderate to dependent drinking. The fact that alcohol-induced HPA suppression was not detected in PHP males is consistent with the general concept that subjects at high risk for alcoholism exhibit less-pronounced alcohol effects.
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- Inge Mick
- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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WAWRZYNIAK ANDREWJ, WHITEMAN MARTHACPOLLARD. Perceived stress, loneliness, and interaction with fellow students does not affect innate mucosal immunity in first year university students. JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Garde AH, Persson R, Hansen ÅM, Österberg K, Ørbæk P, Eek F, Karlson B. Effects of lifestyle factors on concentrations of salivary cortisol in healthy individuals. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2009; 69:242-50. [DOI: 10.1080/00365510802483708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hansen ÅM, Garde AH, Persson R. Sources of biological and methodological variation in salivary cortisol and their impact on measurement among healthy adults: A review. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2009; 68:448-58. [PMID: 18609093 DOI: 10.1080/00365510701819127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kokavec A. Is decreased appetite for food a physiological consequence of alcohol consumption? Appetite 2008; 51:233-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 03/02/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Evans KD, Douglas B, Bruce N, Drummond PD. An Exploratory Study of Changes in Salivary Cortisol, Depression, and Pain Intensity After Treatment for Chronic Pain. PAIN MEDICINE 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00285.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Witt ED. Puberty, hormones, and sex differences in alcohol abuse and dependence. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2006; 29:81-95. [PMID: 17174531 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2006.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2006] [Revised: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 10/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sex differences in patterns of drinking and rates of alcohol abuse and dependence begin to emerge during the transition from late puberty to young adulthood. Increases in pubertal hormones, including gonadal and stress hormones, are a prominent developmental feature of adolescence and could contribute to the progression of sex differences in alcohol drinking patterns during puberty. This paper reviews experimental and correlational studies of gonadal and stress-related hormone changes and their effects on alcohol drinking and other associated actions of alcohol. Mechanisms are suggested by which reproductive hormones and stress-related hormones may modulate neural circuits within the brain reward system to produce sex differences in alcohol drinking patterns and vulnerability to alcohol abuse and dependence which become apparent during the late pubertal period.
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- Ellen D Witt
- Division of Neuroscience and Behavior National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA.
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Kokavec A, Crowe SF. Effect of Moderate White Wine Consumption on Serum IgA and Plasma Insulin under Fasting Conditions. ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 2006; 50:407-12. [PMID: 16847392 DOI: 10.1159/000094631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Accepted: 02/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The present study aims to investigate the contribution of alcohol toxicity to the development of malnutrition by assessing the effect of consuming a moderate amount of white wine on plasma insulin and serum IgA under fasting conditions. METHODS A total of 5 non-alcoholic males aged between 19 and 22 years participated in the current investigation. The experimental procedure required participants to undergo a 6-hour fast before ingesting 4 standard units of alcohol (40 g) in the form of white wine over a 120-min period. The level of blood alcohol, plasma insulin and serum IgA was assessed at 30-min intervals across the 120-min experimental period. RESULTS Consuming alcohol promotes a significant increase in serum IgA in the absence of any change in plasma insulin or ketone production in fasted individuals. CONCLUSION White wine prior to a meal does not promote glucose metabolism and utilization and may increase the risk of developing a transient diabetic condition due to an alteration in energy metabolism.
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- Anna Kokavec
- School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
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Kokavec A, Crowe SF. Effect on plasma insulin and plasma glucose of consuming white wine alone after a meal. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2004; 27:1718-23. [PMID: 14634486 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000093600.86673.9c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rodent studies have highlighted the possibility that alcohol may promote a significant decrease in the level of glucose-stimulated plasma insulin concentration. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a similar alcohol-induced decrease in plasma insulin occurs in humans, by assessing the level of plasma insulin and plasma glucose when a moderate amount of commercially available bottled white wine is consumed alone after a meal. METHODS Eight nondiabetic men aged 19 to 22 years participated in this investigation. Participants were required to consume some food for 45 min before ingesting three standard units of white wine (30 g of alcohol) over 90 min. Plasma insulin and plasma glucose levels were assessed at regular 45-min intervals across the experimental period. RESULTS The data showed a significant alcohol-induced decrease in the level of plasma insulin and a nonsignificant trend for a decrease in plasma glucose concentration in all participants after 15 g of alcohol had been consumed alone after a meal. CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the possibility that white wine, if consumed alone after a meal, may significantly alter energy utilization and possibly cause an alteration in glucose metabolism.
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- Anna Kokavec
- School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
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