Social Safety Theory: Conceptual foundation, underlying mechanisms, and future directions

GM Slavich, LG Roos, S Mengelkoch… - Health psychology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Classic theories of stress and health are largely based on assumptions regarding how
different psychosocial stressors influence biological processes that, in turn, affect human …

Interrogating patterns of cancer disparities by expanding the social determinants of health framework to include biological pathways of social experiences

CI Valencia, FC Gachupin, Y Molina… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this article is to call for integrating biological pathways of social experiences
in the concept model of cancer disparities and social determinants of health (SDH) fields …

[HTML][HTML] Networks, cultures, and institutions: Toward a social immunology

EC Shattuck - Brain, Behavior, & Immunity-Health, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper calls for increased attention to the ways in which immune function–including its
behavioral aspects–are responsive to social contexts at multiple levels …

Social support and C-reactive protein in a Québec population cohort of children and adolescents

EJ Fairbank, JJ McGrath, M Henderson, J O'Loughlin… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objective Robust evidence exists for the health-enhancing benefits of social support in
adults. Inflammatory processes are thought to be an important mechanism linking social …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in the roles of nicotine use and puberty on youth C-reactive protein levels: Effects above and beyond adversity

HT Pham, ST Lanza, ED Claus, CM Heim… - Brain, Behavior, & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Inflammation likely mediates associations between nicotine use and negative health
outcomes. Sex differences have been observed in nicotine use–inflammation links, and …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal associations between dimensions of maltreatment and internalizing symptoms in late adolescence: The role of inflammation during the COVID …

M Lindenmuth, GE Hodes, T Herd, B Casas… - Brain, Behavior, & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Childhood adversity and depression have been linked with heightened inflammation.
However, few longitudinal studies examine how dimensions of maltreatment (ie, abuse and …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the changing landscape of health disparities in chronic liver diseases and liver cancer

OM Herren, AS Gillman, VJ Marshall, R Das - Gastro hep advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Liver disease and liver cancer disparities in the United States are reflective of complex
multiple determinants of health. This review describes the disproportionate burden of liver …

Brain Structural Correlates of Cognitive and Emotional Differences Comparing Youth With and Without An Asthma History in a Large Periadolescent Cohort

CM Laubacher - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The developmental trajectories of neural circuits that support cognitive and affective
processes are involved in transdiagnostic psychopathology. Systemic inflammation can …

Religious Service Attendance in Adolescents is associated with lower levels of C-Reactive Protein, a marker of inflammation

A Xie, B Boettner, K Wilson, P Bai, C Browning, J Ford… - 2022 - osf.io
Meta-analysis in older adults has shown that religious service attendance is associated with
lower mortality rates. Elevated systemic inflammation, as denoted by biomarkers such as C …