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Christensen DS, Dich N, Flensborg-Madsen T, et al. Objective and subjective stress, personality, and allostatic load. Brain Behav. 2019;9(9):e01386doi: 10.1002/brb3.1386.
Christensen, D. S., Dich, N., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Garde, E., Hansen, �. �. M., & Mortensen, E. L. (2019). Objective and subjective stress, personality, and allostatic load. Brain and behavior, 9(9), e01386. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1386
Christensen, Dinne S, et al. "Objective and subjective stress, personality, and allostatic load." Brain and behavior vol. 9,9 (2019): e01386. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1386
Christensen DS, Dich N, Flensborg-Madsen T, Garde E, Hansen ÅM, Mortensen EL. Objective and subjective stress, personality, and allostatic load. Brain Behav. 2019 Sep;9(9):e01386. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1386. Epub 2019 Aug 25. PMID: 31448559; PMCID: PMC6749483.
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Brain Behav. 2019 Sep;9(9):e01386. doi: 10.1002/brb3.1386. Epub 2019 Aug 25.

Objective and subjective stress, personality, and allostatic load.

Brain and behavior

Dinne S Christensen, Nadya Dich, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Ellen Garde, Åse M Hansen, Erik L Mortensen

Affiliations

  1. Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  2. Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  3. Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  4. Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark.
  5. National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 31448559 PMCID: PMC6749483 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1386

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Despite the understanding of allostatic load (AL) as a consequence of ongoing adaptation to stress, studies of the stress-AL association generally focus on a narrow conceptualization of stress and have thus far overlooked potential confounding by personality. The present study examined the cross-sectional association of objective and subjective stress with AL, controlling for Big Five personality traits.

METHODS: Participants comprised 5,512 members of the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank aged 49-63 years (69% men). AL was measured as a summary index of 14 biomarkers of the inflammatory, cardiovascular, and metabolic system. Objective stress was assessed as self-reported major life events in adult life. Subjective stress was assessed as perceived stress within the past four weeks.

RESULTS: Both stress measures were positively associated with AL, with a slightly stronger association for objective stress. Adjusting for personality traits did not significantly change these associations.

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest measures of objective and subjective stress to have independent predictive validity in the context of personality. Further, it is discussed how different operationalizations of stress and AL may account for some of the differences in observed stress-AL associations.

© 2019 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Keywords: Big Five personality traits; allostatic load; major life events; perceived stress; stress

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