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30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Subjective SES Predicts Allostatic Load in Mothers during the First Postpartum Year

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Psychology of Inequality

  • Christine Guardino
    Dickinson College
  • Chris Dunkel Schetter
    University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

We tested whether subjective socioeconomic status (SES) predicts allostatic load, a multisystem index of physiological dysregulation. In a diverse sample of 1185 women, higher subjective SES predicted lower allostatic load, adjusting for income and education. Results suggest that perceptions of SES predict health in postpartum women independent of objective indicators.

Health/Exercise/Sport

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