Socioeconomic Status and Social Support: Social Support Reduces Inflammatory Reactivity for Individuals Whose Early-Life Socioeconomic Status Was Low

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1620-1629

  John Henderson, Neha A ^a   Stellar, Jennifer E ^b   Mendoza Denton, Rodolfo ^c   Francis, Darlene D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

early life socioeconomic status; inflammatory reactivity; interleukin 6; social evaluation; social support; subjective socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939424262     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615595962     Document Type: Article

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