SOC 2181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Survival Analysis, Natural Disaster, Cortisol
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Stress is a key mechanism in terms of health inequality, how society can get under the skin . Decomposition: differences in distribution and response to stressors, women are more vulnerable to stress, blacks are exposed to more stress but not as much evidence of enhanced vulnerability. Weathering hypothesis: the health of african american women may begin to deteriorate in early adulthood as a physical consequence of cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage. Infants born at low birth weights much higher among black women than white: this disadvantage is stressful. John henry-ism: prolonged exposure to stressors that require coping will lead to accumulated strain and negative physical health, not evident when examining race or ses, but strong relationship between low ses and. Stress buffering: support, weaken the relationship between stressor and stress, could be a stress deterrent, coping resources (social support) can be unaffected, enhanced, or depleted, stress and social support can exert mutual causal effects, sense of control.
