A perception at the core of studies that consider the link between social rank and stress (typically measured by the so …-called stress hormone cortisol) is that the link is direct. Examples of such studies are Bartolomucci (2007), Beery and Kaufer (2015 …. (2023), who state that "social hierarchies directly influence stress status" (Smith-Osborne et al. p. 1537, italics added …

A perception at the core of studies that consider the link between social rank and stress (typically measured by the so …-called stress hormone cortisol) is that the link is direct. Examples of such studies are Bartolomucci (2007), Beery and Kaufer (2015 …. (2023), who state that "social hierarchies directly influence stress status" (Smith-Osborne et al. p. 1537, italics added …

evidence from neighboring disciplines points to an increase in societal stress upon merger …

Social stress can cause physical and mental harm. It is therefore not surprising that public health policy makers have … social stress by reducing income inequality, which is typically measured by the Gini coefficient. Decomposing the coefficient … into a measure of a population's social stress and a population's income makes it possible to show that steps taken to …