GREAT article!

dr





"Annette A. Penney" <[log in to unmask]>@YORKU.CA> on 07/31/2006
04:30:31 PM

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Subject:    [SDOH] Poorer people have less INCIDENTS of stress

Yes that's true. However, it's the SEVERITY of these  incidents that
apparently affect health as indicated in this  article:

Socioeconomic Status and Health: A Micro-Level Analysis  of Exposure and
Vulnerability to Daily Stressors
Author Grzywacz,  Joseph G; Almeida, David M;  Neupert, Shevaun D;  Ettner,
Susan L
Affiliation Dept Family & Community Medicine, School  Medicine, Wake Forest
U, Winston-Salem, NC
Source Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2004, 45, 1, Mar,  1-16


This study examines the interconnections  among education - as a proxy for
socioeconomic status - stress, & physical  & mental health by specifying
differential exposure & vulnerability  models using data from the National
Study of Daily Experiences (N = 1,031).  These daily diary data allowed
assessment of the social distribution of a  qualitatively different type of
stressor than has previously been examined in  sociological stress research
- daily stressors, or hassles. Moreover, these data  allowed a less biased
assessment of stress exposure & a more micro-level  examination of the
connections between stress & health by socioeconomic  status. Consistent
with the broad literature that describe socioeconomic  inequalities in
physical & mental health, the results of this study  indicated that, on any
given day, better-educated adults reported fewer physical  symptoms & less
psychological distress. Although better-educated individuals  reported more
daily stressors, stressors reported by those with less education  were more
severe. Finally, neither exposure nor vulnerability explained
socioeconomic differentials in daily health, but the results clearly
indicate  that the stressor-health association cannot be considered
independent of  socioeconomic status. 3 Tables, 1 Appendix, 59 References.
Adapted from the  source document.



Annette A. Penney, B.A.  (Hons)

Masters Student, Community  Psychology

WilfridLaurierUniversity

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