scholarly journals Associations between socioeconomic status and obesity in diverse, young adolescents: Variation across race/ethnicity and gender.

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Fradkin ◽  
Jan L. Wallander ◽  
Marc N. Elliott ◽  
Susan Tortolero ◽  
Paula Cuccaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

The Role of Psychosocial Processes in Explaining the Gradient Between Socioeconomic Status and Health

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy E. Adler ◽  
Alana Conner Snibbe
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
Direction Of Causation ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Psychosocial Processes ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Impact

The gradient between socioeconomic status (SES) and health is well established: Many measures of health show that health increases as SES increases. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. Behavioral, cognitive, and affective tendencies that develop in response to the greater psychosocial stress encountered in low-SES environments may partially mediate the impact of SES on health. Although these tendencies might be helpful for coping in the short term, over time they may contribute to the development of allostatic load, which increases vulnerability to disease. Debate remains regarding the direction of causation between SES and health, the impact of income inequality, the interaction of SES with race-ethnicity and gender, and the effects of SES over the life course.

Structured Inequality in the United States: Discussions on the Continuing Significance of Race, Ethnicity and Gender

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 266
Author(s):  
Jeralynn Sittig Cossman ◽  
Adalberto Aguirre ◽  
David V. Baker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender
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