In Germany, large, population-based cohort studies have been implemented in order to
identify risk and protective factors for maintaining health across the life span. The purpose of …

Research shows that racial discrimination is related to illness among diverse racial and
ethnic populations. Studies of racial discrimination and health among Asian Americans …

The purpose of this study is to map the literature on mental health and well-being of
university students using metadata extracted from 5,561 journal articles indexed in the Web …

Family relationships are enduring and consequential for well-being across the life course.
We discuss several types of family relationships—marital, intergenerational, and sibling ties …

Approaches to quantify stress responses typically rely on subjective surveys and
questionnaires. Wearable sensors can potentially be used to continuously monitor stress …

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

The authors examined the associations between internalized homophobia, outness,
community connectedness, depressive symptoms, and relationship quality among a diverse …

Discrimination has been identified as a major stressor and influence on immigrant health.
This study examined the role of perceived discrimination in relation to other factors, in …

Contemporary heterosexism includes both overt and subtle discrimination. Minority stress
theory posits that heterosexism puts sexual minorities at risk for psychological distress and …

This study tested the mechanisms by which social stigma contributes to psychological
distress in lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. A large community sample (N= 4248, M …