Psychosocial stressors predict lower cardiovascular disease risk among Mexican-American adults living in a high-risk community: Findings from the Texas City Stress and Health Study

Maryam Hussain, Jennifer L Howell, M Kristen Peek, Raymond P Stowe and Matthew J Zawadzki

PLOS ONE, 2021, vol. 16, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the link between systemic and general psychosocial stress and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a group of U.S. Latinos as a function of acculturation and education within the blended guiding conceptual framework of the biopsychosocial model of the stress process plus the reserve capacity model. We analyzed data from self-identifying Mexican-origin adults (n = 396, 56.9% female, Mage = 58.2 years, 55.5%

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257940

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