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Racial And Socioeconomic Disparities In Biological And Perceived Chronic Stress: Does Group Identification Matter?, Kymberlee M. O'Brien, Ed Tronick, Celia L. Moore
Racial And Socioeconomic Disparities In Biological And Perceived Chronic Stress: Does Group Identification Matter?, Kymberlee M. O'Brien, Ed Tronick, Celia L. Moore
Kymberlee M. O'Brien
Objective: Hair cortisol has been recently identified as a biological index of stress via long-term alterations in HPA activity, although population norms and relationships to perceived stress measures have not yet been established. In the present study, 135 adults (ages 18-66; M = 30.26, SD = 12.80; 87 females) from the diverse UMass Boston campus participated in a study assessing chronic stress (via hair cortisol), perceived stress (via self-reported indices), and health indictors (WHR and blood pressure). Since hair grows on average 1cm per month, we captured approximately 3 months of retrospective cortisol levels. Results: Hair cortisol was uncorrelated with …