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| P P VitalianoSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Is caregiving hazardous to one's physical health? A meta-analysisPeter P Vitaliano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Psychol Bull 129:946-72. 2003..The authors argue that a theoretical model is needed that relates caregiver stressors to illness and proffers moderating roles for vulnerabilities and resources and mediating roles for psychosocial distress and health behaviors...- Weight changes in caregivers of Alzheimer's care recipients: psychobehavioral predictorsP P Vitaliano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Psychol Aging 11:155-63. 1996..In women caregivers, increased anger control and increased calories explained weight gain. Such caregivers may be at risk for health problems... 
Depressed mood mediates decline in cognitive processing speed in caregiversPeter P Vitaliano
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Gerontologist 49:12-22. 2009....- Caregiving and gingival symptom reports: psychophysiologic mediatorsPeter P Vitaliano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 6560, USA
Psychosom Med 67:930-8. 2005..We first assessed the association of caregiving with gingival symptom reports. We then assessed whether the observed relationship was mediated by psychophysiologic host factors... - Psychophysiological mediators of caregiver stress and differential cognitive declinePeter P Vitaliano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Psychol Aging 20:402-11. 2005..This is the first study of cognitive decline and mediators in caregivers. This work has implications for caregiver and care-recipient health and for research on cognition, psychophysiology, diabetes, and AD... - Making the case for caregiver research in geriatric psychiatryPeter P Vitaliano
Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:834-43. 2005..They hope the discussion of this research will encourage work in this important area... - A path model of chronic stress, the metabolic syndrome, and coronary heart diseasePeter P Vitaliano
Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 6560, USA
Psychosom Med 64:418-35. 2002.... - Coronary heart disease moderates the relationship of chronic stress with the metabolic syndromeP P Vitaliano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Health Psychol 17:520-9. 1998..05) at T1 and T2. Relationships of CG status and MSLs declined in the presence of poor health habits at T1 and uplifts at T2. Poorer health habits and fewer uplifts may be associated with elevated MSLs in CGs with CHD... - Are the salutogenic effects of social supports modified by income? A test of an "added value hypothesis"P P Vitaliano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Health Psychol 20:155-65. 2001..In contrast, interactions of the Tangible Support Scale with income did not occur. Persons with lower incomes may derive benefits from social supports that go beyond tangible assistance... - Sense of coherence buffers relationships of chronic stress with fasting glucose levelsJ Zhang
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Behav Med 24:33-55. 2001..Future research should examine SOC as a buffer of other chronic stressors and metabolic variables... - Lymphocyte proliferation is associated with gender, caregiving, and psychosocial variables in older adultsJ M Scanlan
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Behav Med 24:537-59. 2001..Depressed mood at T1 predicted residualized changes in PHA at T2 in men. In conclusion, men with higher depressed mood and caregivers with higher anger expression may be at risk for lower proliferation responses... - Moderators of the effect of social support on depressive symptoms in cardiac patientsJ C Barefoot
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Am J Cardiol 86:438-42. 2000..These findings also have implications for the design and interpretation of psychosocial interventions... - Thyroid hormones: positive relationships with cognition in healthy, euthyroid older menP N Prinz
Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 54:M111-6. 1999..The purpose of this study was to examine thyroid-cognition relationships in healthy, euthyroid older men... - Attitudes toward community-based services among Japanese American familiesHeather M Young
de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, Box 357266, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7266, USA
Gerontologist 42:814-25. 2002..This descriptive study explored attitudes toward community-based long-term care services and factors influencing service utilization among Japanese American families... 
The dialectical behavior therapy ways of coping checklist: development and psychometric propertiesAndrada D Neacsiu
University of Washington, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Department of Clinical Psychology, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195 1525, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:563-82. 2010..Moderators of skills use are also discussed. The DBT-WCCL appears to be a promising new measure of DBT skills use...- Evolving values in community-based long-term care services for Japanese AmericansHeather M Young
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
ANS Adv Nurs Sci 25:40-56. 2002.... - Stress-resilience, illness, and coping: a person-focused investigation of young women athletesJoyce P Yi
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
J Behav Med 28:257-65. 2005..Results suggest that certain coping strategies may contribute to illness-resistance in the face of high life stress... - Negative associations of chronic stress and cognitive performance in older adult spouse caregiversLisa W Caswell
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Exp Aging Res 29:303-18. 2003.... - The role of resilience on psychological adjustment and physical health in patients with diabetesJoyce P Yi
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Br J Health Psychol 13:311-25. 2008..This study used a longitudinal design to investigate the buffering role of resilience on worsening HbA(1c) and self-care behaviours in the face of rising diabetes-related distress... - How does anger coping style affect glycemic control in diabetes patients?Joyce P Yi
Department of Endocrinology Diabetes, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Int J Behav Med 15:167-72. 2008..Although various forms of anger have been found to influence the psychological and physical health in many chronic illness populations, little is known about the effects of anger in diabetes patients... - Violations of people's dignity: relationships of unfairness with the metabolic syndromePeter P Vitaliano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Psychosom Res 63:421-4. 2007 - Associations among perceptions of social support, negative affect, and quality of sleep in caregivers and noncaregiversBeverly H Brummett
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Health Psychol 25:220-5. 2006..The structural model accounted for approximately 43% of the variance in sleep quality. The present findings may be useful in the development of successful sleep interventions for caregivers... - Associations among social support, income, and symptoms of depression in an educated sample: the UNC Alumni Heart StudyBeverly H Brummett
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Int J Behav Med 10:239-50. 2003..The present results extend previous work regarding the moderating effect of income to a sample of relatively high education and income level... - Neighborhood characteristics moderate effects of caregiving on glucose functioningBeverly H Brummett
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA
Psychosom Med 67:752-8. 2005.... - Relations of caregiving stress and health depend on the health indicators used and genderJianping Zhang
Department of Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Int J Behav Med 13:173-81. 2006..Researchers who study chronic stress and health should consider the possibility that the relation between chronic stress and health may vary for men and women depending on the type of health being assessed... - Patterns of change in hostility from college to midlife in the UNC Alumni Heart Study predict high-risk statusIlene C Siegler
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Psychosom Med 65:738-45. 2003..To examine hostility measured in college and patterns of change in hostility from college to midlife as predictors of high health-related risk later in midlife...
Research Grants
- CHRONIC PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS, METABOLIC SYNDROME, AND CHDPeter Vitaliano; Fiscal Year: 2001..This research should elucidate psychophysiological mediators of chronic stress and CHD and, therefore, have clinical implications. ..