Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: Preliminary data in healthy white women

Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 586-592

  Adler, Nancy E ^a   Epel, Elissa S ^a   Castellazzo, Grace ^b   Ickovics, Jeannette R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Health; Social class; Social hierarchy; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0033638959     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.19.6.586     Document Type: Article

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