Abstract
Overall, mastery was associated with better cardiometabolic health and reduced risk for disease and/or death, typically with a small-medium effect size. A relatively small proportion of studies reported contradictory findings that higher mastery was associated with poorer cardiometabolic outcomes. The state of the current research suggests that future investigations should focus on 1) clarifying the mediators and moderators most relevant in the association between mastery and downstream disease, 2) testing the association between mastery and biological outcomes longitudinally, 3) examining the physiological impact of mastery-increasing interventions, and 4) studying the relationship between mastery and disease risk in diverse ethnic or sociocultural groups.
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Psychological interventionDiseaseCoping (psychology)Mastery learningPsychologyClinical psychologyPsycINFODevelopmental psychologyMedicineAssociation (psychology)GerontologyMEDLINEPsychiatryInternal medicine
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- 2011
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- review
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 615-632
- Citations
- 78
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Susan K. Roepke,
Igor Grant
(2011).
Toward a more complete understanding of the effects of personal mastery on cardiometabolic health..
Health Psychology
, 30
(5)
, 615-632.
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023480
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- 10.1037/a0023480