Stress, Health, and the Life Course: Some Conceptual Perspectives∗

By L. Pearlin, Scott Schieman, E. Fazio, Stephen C. Meersman. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2005

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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Discrimination and racial disparities in health: evidence and needed research (2008, positive): “Pearlin et al. (2005) emphasize that the consequences of a stressor may vary by SES even if the prevalence of the stressor does not.”
How Adult Children Influence Older Parents' Mental Health: Integrating Stress-process and Life-course Perspectives (2008, background): “Explicitly tying these perspectives together complements and strengthens social psychological theorizing about older adults’ emotional development, as others have artfully argued (Pearlin and Skaff 1996; George 1999; Pearlin et al. 2005).”
The Meanings of Stress (2012, background): “The incorporation of life-course principles has produced increasingly sophisticated analyses of the socially structured nature of life change and of the contribution of persistent and cumulative stress to the social distribution of well-being (Elder, George, and Shanahan 1996; Pearlin et al. 2005).”
Beyond Incarceration: Criminal Justice Contact and Mental Health (2017, background): “Furthermore, given the importance of mental health for other life course outcomes—including physical health (Pearlin et al. 2005), socioeconomic status (Miech and Shanahan 2000), and children’s well-being (Turney 2011)—the findings suggest that the consequences of criminal justice contact may prolif”
Social Relationships and Health Behavior Across Life Course (2010, background): “Stress refers to life disruptions (e.g., discrete events such as divorce) and chronic strains (e.g., ongoing conflict in relationships) that challenge individuals’ coping capacities (Pearlin et al. 2005).”
Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color:Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors (2018, background): “However, there is broad agreement that social contextual factors that reflect exposure to chronic and acute stressors linked to the living and working conditions of these populations play a role in shaping their mental health risk (Pearlin et al. 2005; Turner 2013; Vega and Rumbaut 1991).”
A Longitudinal Study of Social Status, Perceived Discrimination, and Physical and Emotional Health Among Older Adults (2012, background): “Repeated stressors overtax individuals’ ability to cope, and eventually do damage that increases the probability of injury, disease, and psychological disorder (Pearlin, 1989; Pearlin et al., 2005; Thoits, 2010; Turner, Wheaton, & Lloyd, 1995).”
Dissecting the Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Mental Health in Young Adulthood (2008, methodology): “An advance in sociological research on SES and mental health is the use of the life-course perspective and longitudinal data to explore specific life stages and past circumstances (Elder 1985; George 1999; Pearlin et al. 2005).”
Stress and Health: Major Findings and Policy Implications (2010, background): “First, stressors can multiply not only in the short run but over the life course (Pearlin et al. 2005).”