Subjective social status is an important determinant of perceived stress among adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Steen, Pernille Bach; Poulsen, Per Hoegh; Andersen, Johan Hviid; Biering, Karin

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-08509-8

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“…In our sample (combined N = 58), SES is not related to age ( p = 0.737), gender ( p = 0.680), or race ( p = 0.200). Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1984) was administered in Study 2 because it has been shown to be related to SES (Steen et al, 2020). Indeed, in our sample, lower SES is associated with greater perceived stress ( r = −0.36, p = 0.012).…”

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Lower childhood subjective social status is associated with greater neural responses to ambient auditory deviance

Hao

2022

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The early life experience of people varies by socioeconomic status, raising the question of how this difference is reflected in the adult brain. An important aspect of brain function is the ability to focus on a task while maintaining the ability to detect salient changes in the task-irrelevant background. Here we ask whether SES, as measured by perceived social standing, is reflected by the way brain signals, measured with an electroencephalogram, correlate with detecting changes in irrelevant information. We study electrical brain activities in the frontocentral region to a series of auditory tones composed of "standard" (80%) stimuli randomly interspersed by "deviant" (20%) stimuli while subjects were engaged in visual tasks. In study 1, participants focused on a silent documentary movie with captions (N = 16); in study 2, participants (N = 42) focused on image sequences incorporating neutral or negative content. Both studies showed stronger automatic change detection indexed by mismatch negativity (MMN) in lower SES individuals, regardless of sound features, emotional content, or study types. In addition, a larger MMN was observed despite comparable task performance across SES. Our study indicates low SES participants' higher sensitivity to detect ambient auditory changes.

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Lower childhood subjective social status is associated with greater neural responses to ambient auditory deviance

Hao

2022

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“… 31 , 32 In adolescents, SSS was demonstrated to have a strong negative association with perceived stress. 33 In addition, SSS is not only associated with stress but also with factors related to increased risk of using substances to self-manage pain, such as greater negative effect and utilization of fewer active coping strategies. 34 , 35 While the literature on SSS in the college student population is limited, previous research suggests that higher levels of SSS are associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and a greater likelihood of regular alcohol use.…”

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Stress Mediates the Association Between Pain and Alcohol Use in College Students

Bush¹,

Schick²,

Spillane³

et al. 2022

JPR

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Background Alcohol use in young adults is highly prevalent and associated with numerous consequences, including academic difficulties and motor vehicle accidents. Pain is one factor that has been increasingly shown to be associated with higher rates of alcohol consumption and riskier patterns of drinking among undergraduate students. Although pain has traditionally been viewed as a lesser concern for young adults, current research demonstrates that pain may be more prevalent in younger populations than originally thought. However, little is known about how common psychosocial factors, such as stress and subjective social status (SSS), influence the association between pain and alcohol consumption in college students. Objective The study’s goal was to examine the effect of stress and SSS on the relationship between pain and alcohol consumption. Participants and Methods Participants (N = 445, 39.3% women, M age = 22.98) were 18- to 25-year-old college students who completed an online questionnaire. Results Pain was significantly associated with total weekly alcohol consumption (r(445) = .22, p < 0.001); this association was significantly mediated by stress ( b = 0.15, SE = 0.04, 95% CI = [.07,0.23]). SSS was significantly positively associated with alcohol consumption (r(445) = .22, p < 0.001) but was not found to significantly moderate the relationship between stress and alcohol use. Conclusion Results suggest that efforts to reduce college student alcohol use should include assessment of pain and stress given their association with alcohol consumption. Further, findings suggest that future studies are warranted to prospectively examine pain as an antecedent for alcohol use and to examine the utility of incorporating stress management techniques in pain-focused interventions to indirectly target alcohol use.

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“…Psychosocial stress is a significant public health concern [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] with substantial consequences, such as burnout [ 4 ], anxiety [ 5 ], depression [ 6 ], and suicide [ 7 ]. Stressed people also have more cardiovascular diseases [ 8 ], eating disorders [ 9 ], and are more overweighted or obese [ 10 ].…”

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Leptin as a Biomarker of Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bouillon‐Minois

Trousselard²,

Torgerson

et al. 2021

Nutrients

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Background: Leptin is a satiety hormone mainly produced by white adipose tissue. Decreasing levels have been described following acute stress. Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine if leptin can be a biomarker of stress, with levels decreasing following acute stress. Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and ScienceDirect were searched to obtain all articles studying leptin levels after acute stress on 15 February 2021. We included articles reporting leptin levels before and after acute stress (physical or psychological) and conducted random effects meta-analysis (DerSimonian and Laird approach). We conducted Meta-regressions and sensitivity analyses after exclusion of groups outside the metafunnel. Results: We included seven articles—four cohort and three case-control studies—(28 groups) from 27,983 putative articles. Leptin levels decreased after the stress intervention (effect size = −0.34, 95%CI −0.66 to −0.02) compared with baseline levels, with a greater decrease after 60 min compared to mean decrease (−0.45, −0.89 to −0.01) and in normal weight compared to overweight individuals (−0.79, −1.38 to −0.21). There was no difference in the overweight population. Sensitivity analyses demonstrated similar results. Levels of leptin after stress decreased with sex ratio—i.e., number of men/women—(−0.924, 95%CI −1.58 to −0.27) and increased with the baseline levels of leptin (0.039, 0.01 to 0.07). Conclusions: Leptin is a biomarker of stress, with a decrease following acute stress. Normal-weight individuals and women also have a higher variation of leptin levels after stress, suggesting that leptin may have implications in obesity development in response to stress in a sex-dependent manner.

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Subjective social status is an important determinant of perceived stress among adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Lower childhood subjective social status is associated with greater neural responses to ambient auditory deviance

Lower childhood subjective social status is associated with greater neural responses to ambient auditory deviance

Stress Mediates the Association Between Pain and Alcohol Use in College Students

Leptin as a Biomarker of Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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