102114 20250926150151.0 doi 10.3389/fnagi.2021.632141 sideral 124337 ART-2021-124337 eng Zapater-Fajarí, M. Resilience and Psychobiological Response to Stress in Older People: The Mediating Role of Coping Strategies 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Resilience, the ability to overcome adversity and face stressful demands and experiences, has been strongly associated with successful aging, a low risk of diseases and high mental and physical functioning. This relationship could be based on adaptive coping behaviors, but more research is needed to gain knowledge about the strategies employed to confront social stress. Thus, we aimed to investigate the role of the use of active or passive coping strategies by resilient people in dealing with stressful situations. For this purpose, we measured resilience, coping strategies, and perceived stress in 66 healthy older adults (31 men and 35 women) between 56 and 75 years old who were exposed to stress (Trier Social Stress Test, TSST) or a control situation. The stress response was analyzed at endocrine (cortisol) and psychological (anxiety) levels. In the stress condition, moderated mediation analysis showed a conditional indirect effect of resilience on cortisol reactivity through active coping. However, passive coping strategies did not mediate the resilience-cortisol relationship. In addition, neither active nor passive coping mediated the relationship between resilience and the anxiety response. These results suggest that resilience is associated with active coping strategies, which in turn could explain, at least in part, individual differences in the cortisol response to a psychosocial laboratory stressor. These factors may prevent the development of stress-related pathologies associated with aging and facilitate healthy and satisfactory aging. © info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S31-20D info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/BES-2017-082148 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/FPU17-03428 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/PSI2016-78763 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 5.702 2021 NEUROSCIENCES 67 / 275 = 0.244 2021 Q1 T1 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY 16 / 54 = 0.296 2021 Q2 T1 1.324 2021 Cognitive Neuroscience 2021 Q1 Aging 2021 Q1 6.4 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Crespo-Sanmiguel, I. Pulopulos, M.M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7048-3795 Hidalgo, V. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3920-1099 Salvador, A. 4009 725 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicobiología 13 (2021), 632141 [15 pp.] Frontiers in aging neuroscience Frontiers in aging neuroscience 1663-4365 786792 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/102114/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2295885 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/102114/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:102114 articulos driver 2025-09-26-14:59:34 ARTICLE