Sex Differences and Gender Diversity in Stress Responses and Allostatic Load Among Workers and LGBT People
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Sex Differences and Gender Diversity in Stress Responses and Allostatic Load Among Workers and LGBT People. / Juster, Robert Paul; de Torre, Margot Barbosa; Kerr, Philippe; Kheloui, Sarah; Rossi, Mathias; Bourdon, Olivier.
In: Current Psychiatry Reports, Vol. 21, No. 11, 110, 01.11.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Sex Differences and Gender Diversity in Stress Responses and Allostatic Load Among Workers and LGBT People
AU - Juster, Robert Paul
AU - de Torre, Margot Barbosa
AU - Kerr, Philippe
AU - Kheloui, Sarah
AU - Rossi, Mathias
AU - Bourdon, Olivier
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Abstract: Measuring biological sex differences and socio-cultural gender diversity provides insights into individual variation in stress physiology and the development of “sex-specific” diseases. Purpose of Review: In this selective review, we summarize recent findings that assess sex and gender in relation to the stress hormone cortisol and multi-systemic physiological dysregulation called allostatic load. The focus of this research centers on workers as well as sexual and gender minorities as these populations provide unique insights into sex and gender at various levels of analysis from the micro-level to the macro-level. Recent Findings: Male/female sex, sex hormones, gender identity, gender roles, and sexual orientation are all variables that are distinctly correlated with stress physiology. Beyond identifying patterns of vulnerability to stress-related diseases, pathways towards resilience are of high priority in emerging literature. Summary: Stress scientists must account for both sex and gender in biobehavioral research. Future directions should assess macro-level constructs like institutionalized gender, occupational sex composition, and structural stigma to better understand the social determinants of health.
AB - Abstract: Measuring biological sex differences and socio-cultural gender diversity provides insights into individual variation in stress physiology and the development of “sex-specific” diseases. Purpose of Review: In this selective review, we summarize recent findings that assess sex and gender in relation to the stress hormone cortisol and multi-systemic physiological dysregulation called allostatic load. The focus of this research centers on workers as well as sexual and gender minorities as these populations provide unique insights into sex and gender at various levels of analysis from the micro-level to the macro-level. Recent Findings: Male/female sex, sex hormones, gender identity, gender roles, and sexual orientation are all variables that are distinctly correlated with stress physiology. Beyond identifying patterns of vulnerability to stress-related diseases, pathways towards resilience are of high priority in emerging literature. Summary: Stress scientists must account for both sex and gender in biobehavioral research. Future directions should assess macro-level constructs like institutionalized gender, occupational sex composition, and structural stigma to better understand the social determinants of health.
KW - Allostatic load
KW - Biological sex
KW - Chronic stress
KW - Cortisol
KW - Resilience
KW - Socio-cultural gender
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073600115&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11920-019-1104-2
DO - 10.1007/s11920-019-1104-2
M3 - Review
C2 - 31630247
AN - SCOPUS:85073600115
VL - 21
JO - Current Psychiatry Reports
JF - Current Psychiatry Reports
SN - 1523-3812
IS - 11
M1 - 110
ER -
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