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Stress, Society, and Health

Stress is the body's natural coping response to a threat, and it affects everyone throughout their life. Whether the cause is a sudden or major life event or a gradual build-up of pressures, stress is experienced within us psychologically, physiologically, and behaviorally.

Download 31 review articles from 8 Annual Reviews journals, addressing:

  • Sudden Impact: The Stress Response
  • Managing Stress Through Mindfulness
  • Stress, Health, and Chronic Disease
  • Biological Insights into Stress
  • Stress and Human Development

You'll find research on how stressors can impact an individual's physical and mental health, from mindfulness research which identifies the methods to help manage the negative symptoms of the body's stress response to Social Safety Theory which explores the influence of stressful environments on populations, culture, and human development.

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Last updated 05/2022

Sudden Impact: The Stress Response

First Responders: Mental Health Consequences of Natural and Human-Made Disasters for Public Health and Public Safety Workers

David M. Benedek, Carol Fullerton, and Robert J. Ursano, Annual Review of Public Health

The Social Consequences of Disasters: Individual and Community Change

Mariana Arcaya, Ethan J. Raker, and Mary C. Waters, Annual Review of Sociology

Mental Health Consequences of Disasters

Emily Goldmann and Sandro Galea, Annual Review of Public Health

Violence, Place, and Strengthened Space: A Review of Immigration Stress, Violence Exposure, and Intervention for Immigrant Latinx Youth and Families

Sarah A. Jolie, Ogechi Cynthia Onyeka, Stephanie Torres, Cara DiClemente, Maryse Richards, and Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Realizing the Mass Public Benefit of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies: The IAPT Program

David M. Clark, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Job Insecurity and the Changing Workplace: Recent Developments and the Future Trends in Job Insecurity Research

Cynthia Lee, Guo-Hua Huang, and Susan J. Ashford, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Managing Stress Through Mindfulness

Mindfulness Interventions

J. David Creswell, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Mindfulness Meditation and Psychopathology

Joseph Wielgosz, Simon B. Goldberg, Tammi R.A. Kral, John D. Dunne, and Richard J. Davidson, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Workplace Stress Management Interventions and Health Promotion

Lois E. Tetrick and Carolyn J. Winslow, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Mindfulness in Organizations: A Cross-Level Review

Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, Timothy J. Vogus, and Erik Dane, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Understanding and Treating Insomnia

Richard R. Bootzin and Dana R. Epstein, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Stress, Health, and Chronic Disease

Ten Surprising Facts About Stressful Life Events and Disease Risk

Sheldon Cohen, Michael L.M. Murphy, and Aric A. Prather, Annual Review of Psychology

*FEATURED IN KNOWABLE MAGAZINE: Top 10 Secrets About Stress and Health

Stress and Health: Psychological, Behavioral, and Biological Determinants

Neil Schneiderman, Gail Ironson, and Scott D. Siegel, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Panic Disorder Comorbidity with Medical Conditions and Treatment Implications

Alicia E. Meuret, Juliet Kroll, and Thomas Ritz, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Estrogen, Stress and Depression: Cognitive and Biological Interactions

Kimberly M. Albert and Paul A. Newhouse, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Stress and Obesity

A. Janet Tomiyama, Annual Review of Psychology

Stress and Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of How Stress Contributes to the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

Shona J. Kelly and Mubarak Ismail, Annual Review of Public Health

Stress and Cardiovascular Disease: An Update on Current Knowledge

Andrew Steptoe and Mika Kivimäki, Annual Review of Public Health

Biological Insights into Stress

Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes

Daryl B. O'Connor, Julian F. Thayer, and Kavita Vedhara, Annual Review of Psychology

Acute Stress Disorder Revisited

Etzel Cardeña and Eve Carlson, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Adolescent Suicide as a Failure of Acute Stress-Response Systems

Adam Bryant Miller and Mitchell J. Prinstein, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

The Neurobiology and Pharmacotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Chadi G. Abdallah, Lynnette A. Averill, Teddy J. Akiki, Mohsin Raza, Christopher L. Averill, Hassaan Gomaa, Archana Adikey, and John H. Krystal, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

The Neuroendocrinology of Social Isolation

John T. Cacioppo, Stephanie Cacioppo, John P. Capitanio, and Steven W. Cole, Annual Review of Psychology

Gene × Environment Determinants of Stress- and Anxiety-Related Disorders

Sumeet Sharma, Abigail Powers, Bekh Bradley, and Kerry J. Ressler, Annual Review of Psychology

Stress and Human Development

Life Change, Social Identity, and Health

Catherine Haslam, S. Alexander Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Tegan Cruwys, and Niklas K. Steffens, Annual Review of Psychology

Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Impacts of Racism on the Foundations of Health

Jack P. Shonkoff, Natalie Slopen, and David R. Williams, Annual Review of Public Health

Social Safety Theory: A Biologically Based Evolutionary Perspective on Life Stress, Health, and Behavior

George M. Slavich, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

*FEATURED IN KNOWABLE MAGAZINE: Keys to Coping with Lockdown

Early Environments, Stress, and the Epigenetics of Human Health

Connie J. Mulligan, Annual Review of Anthropology

Early Deprivation Revisited: Contemporary Studies of the Impact on Young Children of Institutional Care

Megan R. Gunnar and Brie M. Reid, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology

Culture's Influence on Stressors, Parental Socialization, and Developmental Processes in the Mental Health of Children of Immigrants

Su Yeong Kim, Seth J. Schwartz, Krista M. Perreira, and Linda P. Juang, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Stress-Related Biosocial Mechanisms of Discrimination and African American Health Inequities

Bridget J. Goosby, Jacob E. Cheadle, and Colter Mitchell, Annual Review of Sociology


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