Socioeconomic status and health in adolescents: The role of stress interpretations
Socioeconomic status and health in adolescents: The role of stress interpretations
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00724.x
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发表时间：
2004-07-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Matthews, KA
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作者：
Chen, E;Langer, DA;Matthews, KA
心理解释的作用，低社会经济地位（SES）和生理反应之间的关系进行了测试。100名高中生（15-19岁）观看了模糊和消极的生活情况的视频，并就他们的解释进行了采访。较低的SES与在模棱两可（但不是消极）的情况下更大的威胁解释以及更大的舒张压和心率反应性相关。威胁解释部分中介SES和反应之间的关系。一般生活事件（例如，缺乏积极的生活事件），而不是具体的生活事件（例如，暴露于暴力），部分解释了低社会经济地位和威胁解释之间的关系。结果表明，更大的社会环境有助于解释青少年如何处理新的社会情况，这反过来又对青少年的身体健康产生影响。
The role of psychological interpretations in the relationship between low socioeconomic status (SES) and physiological responses was tested. One hundred high school students (ages 15-19) watched videos of ambiguous and negative life situations, and were interviewed about their interpretations. Lower SES was associated with greater threat interpretations during ambiguous (but not negative) situations and with greater diastolic blood pressure and heart rate reactivity. Threat interpretations partially mediated relationships between SES and reactivity. General life events (e.g., lack of positive life events), rather than specific life events (e.g., exposure to violence), partially explained the relationship between low SES and threat interpretations. Results suggest that the larger social environment helps explain how adolescents approach new social situations, which in turn has implications for adolescent physical health.