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Hair cortisol and lifetime discrimination: Moderation by subjective social status

Discrimination has been associated with elevated cortisol as measured in saliva, blood, and urine. This study investigated the association between lifetime discrimination and hair cortisol concentrations, considered a measure of chronic stress. We recruited 180 young adults from diverse backgrounds....

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Autores principales: O’Brien, Kymberlee M, Meyer, Jerrold, Tronick, Edward, Moore, Celia L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102917695176
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author O’Brien, Kymberlee M
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description Discrimination has been associated with elevated cortisol as measured in saliva, blood, and urine. This study investigated the association between lifetime discrimination and hair cortisol concentrations, considered a measure of chronic stress. We recruited 180 young adults from diverse backgrounds. Participant responses to lifetime discrimination, home stress, and subjective status measures were recorded. Lifetime discrimination significantly predicted hair cortisol concentrations, supporting past research that discrimination experiences impact neuroendocrine systems. To our knowledge, these are the first findings associating hair cortisol concentrations with discrimination and supports prior evidence positing discrimination as a chronic stressor that serves as a risk factor for chronic disease.
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spelling pubmed-54058872017-05-10 Hair cortisol and lifetime discrimination: Moderation by subjective social status O’Brien, Kymberlee M Meyer, Jerrold Tronick, Edward Moore, Celia L Health Psychol Open Report of Empirical Study Discrimination has been associated with elevated cortisol as measured in saliva, blood, and urine. This study investigated the association between lifetime discrimination and hair cortisol concentrations, considered a measure of chronic stress. We recruited 180 young adults from diverse backgrounds. Participant responses to lifetime discrimination, home stress, and subjective status measures were recorded. Lifetime discrimination significantly predicted hair cortisol concentrations, supporting past research that discrimination experiences impact neuroendocrine systems. To our knowledge, these are the first findings associating hair cortisol concentrations with discrimination and supports prior evidence positing discrimination as a chronic stressor that serves as a risk factor for chronic disease. SAGE Publications 2017-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5405887/ /pubmed/28491342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102917695176 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Hair cortisol and lifetime discrimination: Moderation by subjective social status
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topic Report of Empirical Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405887/
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