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Childhood trauma and metabolic syndrome in men and women

Lee, Chioun; Tsenkova, Vera; Carr, Deborah - In: Social Science & Medicine 105 (2014) C, pp. 122-130

, or cumulative abuse) affects this risk; and (3) the extent to which adult socioeconomic status (SES), maladaptive stress … MetS. Adult SES partially explains the association between childhood abuse and MetS. Maladaptive stress responses and … for men and women, while stress-induced eating was a significant pathway for women only. Our findings suggest that the …

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Women at war: Understanding how women veterans cope with combat and military sexual trauma

Mattocks, Kristin M.; Haskell, Sally G.; Krebs, Erin E.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 4, pp. 537-545

employed various cognitive and behavioral coping resources and processes to manage their stress. …

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Addiction in the family is a major but neglected contributor to the global burden of adult ill-health

Orford, Jim; Velleman, Richard; Natera, Guillermina; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 78 (2013) C, pp. 70-77

(AFMs), possibly in the region of 100 million worldwide. A non-pathological stress–strain–coping–support model of the …

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Social status and biological dysregulation: The “status syndrome” and allostatic load

Seeman, Melvin; Stein Merkin, Sharon; Karlamangla, Arun; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 118 (2014) C, pp. 143-151

Data from a national sample of 1255 adults who were part of the MIDUS (Mid-life in the U.S.) follow-up study and agreed to participate in a clinic-based in-depth assessment of their health status were used to test the hypothesis that, quite part from income or educational status, perceptions of...

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Is self-rated health a stable and predictive factor for allostatic load in early adulthood? Findings from the Nord Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)

Vie, Tina Løkke; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Holmen, Turid … - In: Social Science & Medicine 117 (2014) C, pp. 1-9

Self-rated health (SRH) is a widely used health indicator predicting morbidity and mortality in a wide range of populations. However, little is known about the stability and biological basis of SRH. The aim of this study was to map the stability of SRH from adolescence to early adulthood, and to...

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Life events trajectories, allostatic load, and the moderating role of age at arrival from Puerto Rico to the US mainland

Arévalo, Sandra P.; Tucker, Katherine L.; Falcón, Luis M. - In: Social Science & Medicine 120 (2014) C, pp. 301-310

classes of two-year trajectories of stressful life events; analysis of variance to examine group differences by stress … trajectory; and linear regression to test for the modifying effects of age at arrival on the association of stress trajectory … with allostatic load at follow-up. In LGMM analysis, we identified three distinct stress trajectories; low, moderate …

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History of socioeconomic disadvantage and allostatic load in later life

Gruenewald, Tara L.; Karlamangla, Arun S.; Hu, Perry; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 1, pp. 75-83

There is a growing interest in understanding how the experience of socioeconomic status (SES) adversity across the life course may accumulate to negatively affect the functioning of biological regulatory systems important to functioning and health in later adulthood. The goal of the present...

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Parenting with bipolar disorder: Coping with risk of mood disorders to children

Peay, Holly Landrum; Rosenstein, Donald L.; Biesecker, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 104 (2014) C, pp. 194-200

study identifies key variables associated with parental coping with children's risk of mood disorders; and explores the … relationship between monitoring children's moods and perceived coping efficacy. In this U.S. study, active parental coping with … feeling less worried. Active parental coping with risk to children was positively associated with active coping with own …

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“Eyes that don't see, heart that doesn't feel”: Coping with sex work in intimate relationships and its implications for HIV/STI prevention

Syvertsen, Jennifer L.; Robertson, Angela M.; Rolón, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 87 (2013) C, pp. 1-8

Partner communication about HIV sexual risk behaviors represents a key area of epidemiologic and social importance in terms of infection acquisition and potential for tailored interventions. Nevertheless, disclosing sexual risk behaviors often presents myriad challenges for marginalized couples...

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‘Dying from’ to ‘living with’: Framing institutions and the coping processes of African American women living with HIV/AIDS

Watkins-Hayes, Celeste; Pittman-Gay, LaShawnDa; Beaman, Jean - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 12, pp. 2028-2036

interpreting and coping with HIV as a chronic but manageable illness? Using interview data collected from 30 HIV-positive African … institutions’ shape the form and tenor of coping trajectories by offering initial information about one's HIV status, a conceptual …

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