Psychological stress and disease.

By Sheldon Cohen, Denise Janicki-Deverts, Gregory E. Miller. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2007

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, General Health Professions

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Low early-life social class leaves a biological residue manifested by decreased glucocorticoid and increased proinflammatory signaling (2009, background): “Much like fight-or-f light, this pattern of exaggerated responding could serve adaptive functions in the context of acute threats to well-being, but if activated chronically may exact an allostatic toll on the body that ultimately contributes to the chronic diseases of aging (22, 23).”
Investigation of cortisol dynamics in human sweat using a graphene-based wireless mHealth system (2020, background): “Chronic stress has been associated with higher risks of anxiety, depression, suicide, and weakening immune response, as well as cardiovascular diseases.(2) The need for measurable stress indicators has never been more than apparent, be it in the contexts of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scre”
Review of the psychometric evidence of the perceived stress scale. (2012, methodology): “It is a self-reported questionnaire that was designed to measure “the degree to which individuals appraise situations in their lives as stressful” (Cohen et al., 1983, p. 385). The PPS items evaluate the degree to which individuals believe their life has been unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overl”
Discrimination and racial disparities in health: evidence and needed research (2008, neutral): “…and chronic disease and is consistent with the literature on stress that indicates that one of the important ways in which stress affects health is by shaping behavioral management of disease and leading to particular health behaviors that can have negative health consequences (Cohen et al. 2007).”
Minority Stress and Physical Health Among Sexual Minorities (2013, background): “These feelings of distress disrupt physiological functioning and ultimately compromise physical health (Cohen et al., 2007; McEwen, 2006; Seeman et al., 1997).”
Reconciling self-protection with self-improvement: Self-affirmation theory. (2011, background): “Indeed, when an open-minded identity was made salient, self-affirmation reduced the need to defend that identity, and people were more closed-minded in response to threatening information (Cohen et al., 2007, Study 3).”
Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications (2012, background): “Although cancer is not thought to be as sensitive as cardiovascular disorders to psychosocial stressors, psychosocial inﬂuences on cancer incidence and outcome are present (discussions over this are ongoing [481, 482]).”
Psychological Perspectives on Pathways Linking Socioeconomic Status and Physical Health (2011, background): “In turn, stress and distress are increasingly recognized as important factors in major physical health outcomes, including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and all-cause mortality (Cohen et al. 2007, Everson-Rose & Lewis 2005).”
Inflammation: The Common Pathway of Stress-Related Diseases (2017, background): “…cardiovascular diseases (CVD, i.e., hypertension and atherosclerosis), metabolic diseases (i.e., diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD), psychotic and neurodegenerative disorders (i.e., depression, Alzheimer’s disease, AD and Parkinson’s disease, PD), cancer (Cohen et al., 2007).”