A preliminary study of daily interpersonal stress and C-reactive protein levels among adolescents from Latin American and European backgrounds. Export

@article{Fuligni2009, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between the experience of daily interpersonal stress and levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory marker that is a key indicator of cardiovascular risk, during the teenage years. METHODS: A total of 69 adolescents (Mage= 17.78 years) completed daily diary checklists each night for 14 days in which they reported their experience of negative interpersonal interactions in the domains of family, peers, and school (e.g., conflict with family and friends, peer harassment, punishment by parents and teachers). Blood samples were obtained an average of 8.63 months later and assayed for circulating levels of CRP, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Measures of body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status (SES), substance use, stressful life events, rejection sensitivity, and psychological distress were obtained. RESULTS: A greater frequency of daily interpersonal stress was associated with higher levels of CRP, even after controlling for BMI, SES, substance use, life events, rejection sensitivity, psychological distress, and frequency of daily interpersonal stress 2 years earlier. CONCLUSIONS: Experiencing a high frequency of interpersonal stressors that are typical of adolescent life is associated with higher levels of inflammation even among a normative, healthy sample of adolescents. Additional work should focus on other daily experiences during the adolescent period and their implications for elevated risk for later cardiovascular disease.}, author = {Fuligni, Andrew J. and Telzer, Eva H. and Bower, Julienne and Cole, Steve W. and Kiang, Lisa and Irwin, Michael R.}, citeulike-article-id = {5452687}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181921b1f}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19196810}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19196810}, doi = {10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181921b1f}, issn = {1534-7796}, journal = {Psychosomatic medicine}, keywords = {adolescence, bmi, cardiovascular, culture, immunity, longitudinal, ses, social, stress}, month = {April}, number = {3}, pages = {329--333}, posted-at = {2009-08-17 16:28:41}, priority = {2}, title = {A preliminary study of daily interpersonal stress and C-reactive protein levels among adolescents from Latin American and European backgrounds.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181921b1f}, volume = {71}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - Fuligni2009 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5452687 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between the experience of daily interpersonal stress and levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory marker that is a key indicator of cardiovascular risk, during the teenage years. METHODS: A total of 69 adolescents (Mage= 17.78 years) completed daily diary checklists each night for 14 days in which they reported their experience of negative interpersonal interactions in the domains of family, peers, and school (e.g., conflict with family and friends, peer harassment, punishment by parents and teachers). Blood samples were obtained an average of 8.63 months later and assayed for circulating levels of CRP, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Measures of body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status (SES), substance use, stressful life events, rejection sensitivity, and psychological distress were obtained. RESULTS: A greater frequency of daily interpersonal stress was associated with higher levels of CRP, even after controlling for BMI, SES, substance use, life events, rejection sensitivity, psychological distress, and frequency of daily interpersonal stress 2 years earlier. CONCLUSIONS: Experiencing a high frequency of interpersonal stressors that are typical of adolescent life is associated with higher levels of inflammation even among a normative, healthy sample of adolescents. Additional work should focus on other daily experiences during the adolescent period and their implications for elevated risk for later cardiovascular disease. IS - 3 JF - Psychosomatic medicine SN - 1534-7796 EP - 333 TI - A preliminary study of daily interpersonal stress and C-reactive protein levels among adolescents from Latin American and European backgrounds. VL - 71 SP - 329 KW - adolescence KW - bmi KW - cardiovascular KW - culture KW - immunity KW - longitudinal KW - ses KW - social KW - stress AU - Fuligni, Andrew AU - Telzer, Eva AU - Bower, Julienne AU - Cole, Steve AU - Kiang, Lisa AU - Irwin, Michael PY - 2009/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181921b1f ER -