Benefits of nostalgia in vulnerable populations

T Wildschut, C Sedikides - European Review of Social Psychology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered and exacerbated psychological distress, and
exposed psychological vulnerabilities, in large swathes of the population. Under challenging …

Spousal caregiving, widowhood, and cognition: a systematic review and a biopsychosocial framework for understanding the relationship between interpersonal losses …

EL Wu-Chung, SL Leal, BT Denny, SL Cheng… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accumulating research suggests that stressful life events, especially those that threaten
close intimate bonds, are associated with an increased risk of dementia. Grieving the loss of …

Emotion regulation, parasympathetic function, and psychological well-being

RL Brown, MA Chen, J Paoletti, EE Dicker… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The negative emotions generated following stressful life events can increase one's risk of
depressive symptoms and promote higher levels of perceived stress. The process model of …

The past as a resource for the bereaved: Nostalgia predicts declines in distress

CA Reid, JD Green, SD Short, KD Willis… - Cognition and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for one's past, can serve as a resource for individuals
coping with discomforting experiences. The experience of bereavement poses …

Qualitative Bereavement Experiences and Support in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review

S Teichman, BA Mitchell, I Riadi… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This scoping review examines qualitative studies on bereavement experiences and support
mechanisms for community-dwelling older adults. This area of research is especially timely …

The gendered widowhood effect and social mortality gap

F Dabergott - Population Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With few exceptions, greater disparities in mortality risk by socio-economic status (SES)
have been found among men than among women. Most research has also shown that the …

Employment and family income in psychological and immune outcomes during bereavement

J Paoletti, MA Chen, EL Wu-Chung, RL Brown… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spousal bereavement is one of the most stressful experiences in adulthood. In a sample of
183 widow (er) s, bereaved about three months prior, we examined the intersection of …

Pathways to maternal health inequities: Structural racism, sleep, and physiological stress

LM Christian, RL Brown, JE Carroll, JF Thayer… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Racial inequities in health are vast and well-documented, particularly regarding maternal
and infant health. Sleep health, including but not limited to duration and quality, is central to …

The nature of grief: implications for the neurobiology of emotion

M Ratcliffe, PF Velasco - Neuroscience of consciousness, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This paper explores the limitations of neurobiological approaches to human emotional
experience, focusing on the case of grief. We propose that grief is neither an episodic …

Stressful life events, neighbourhood characteristics, and systolic blood pressure in South Africa

T Gangaidzo, M von Fintel, AE Schutte… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
The relationship between negative events, neighbourhood characteristics, and systolic
blood pressure in developing countries is not well-documented, particularly using …