Social and biological explanations traditionally have been cast as incompatible, but
advances in recent years have revealed a new view synthesized from these 2 very different …

Occupational stress, or job strain, resulting from a lack of balance between job demands and
job control, is considered one of the frequent factors in the etiology of hypertension in …

Evidence from previous studies indicates that racial discrimination is significantly associated
with depression and that African Americans with higher levels of socioeconomic status …

As new technology fuels the rapid growth of research in psychophysiology, it is essential that
those new to the field receive a comprehensive introduction. Psychophysiology: Human …

Objectives A growing body of research has investigated the adverse effects of psychosocial
work factors on blood pressure (BP) elevation. There is now a clear need for an up-to-date …

Objectives The influence of low socioeconomic status on cardiovascular disease may be
mediated in part by sustained activation of stress-related autonomic and neuroendocrine …

Socio-economic inequalities in mortality and morbidity occur in most countries in the modern
world, and are of major concern to public health authorities [1, 2]. Research on socio …

Anxiety and anger are hazardous to health. This article offers a selective review of research
that illustrates how anxiety and anger increase vulnerability to illnesses, compromise the …

The authors prospectively investigated associations between potentially stressful work
characteristics and type 2 diabetes incidence in 62,574 young and middle-aged women …

In this article we seek to show that prevailing ideological viewpoints on Black health
misinterpret Black behavior, and that dominant racial ideologies themselves have negative …