Journal article
Expression and Ambivalence over Expression of Negative Emotion: Cross-Sectional Associations with Psychosocial Factors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women
Journal of women & aging, v 18(2), pp 25-40
12 Jun 2006
PMID: 16782658
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Abstract
Inhibition of emotional expression has been associated with the incidence and progression of breast cancer and other chronic illnesses. The important health-related factor, however, may be ambivalence about the expression of emotions rather than repression itself. This cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from 159,557 participants in the Women's Health Initiative examined the influence of expression of negative emotion and ambivalence about expression of emotion on psycho-social factors and health-related quality of life measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Short-form 36 (SF-36). Overall, observed correlations were modest but in the expected direction; that is, greater ambivalence about negative emotional expression was associated with worse general health and poorer psychosocial risk profile. Ambivalence about expressing negative emotion was more highly correlated with psychosocial factors and health-related quality of life than emotional expression. In general, our analysis supports prior studies suggesting that ambivalence may be more important to consider in studies of health-related outcomes than expression.
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- Title
- Expression and Ambivalence over Expression of Negative Emotion: Cross-Sectional Associations with Psychosocial Factors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women
- Creators
- Yvonne L Michael - Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine , School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science UniversityJennifer P Wisdom - Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine , School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science UniversityNancy Perrin - School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science UniversityDeborah Bowen - Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterBarbara B Cochrane - Public Health Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterRobert Brzyski - University of Texas Health Science CenterCheryl Ritenbaugh - Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
- Publication Details
- Journal of women & aging, v 18(2), pp 25-40
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000240804900003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33749619496
- Other Identifier
- 991014877665704721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Gerontology
- Women's Studies