Associations of household and neighborhood contexts and hair cortisol among Mexican-origin adolescents from low-income immigrant families

• Main Authors: IP, Ka I., WEN, Wen, SIM, Wei Xiang, CHEN, Shanting, KIM, Su Yeong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: adolescents; hair cortisol; HPA axis; immigrant; neighborhood socioeconomic status; racial-ethnic concentration; stress; Developmental Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4065; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5323/viewcontent/AssociationsHouseholdHairCortisol_pvoa_cc_by_nc.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although neighborhood contexts serve as upstream determinants of health, it remains unclear how these contexts “get under the skin” of Mexican-origin youth, who are disproportionately concentrated in highly disadvantaged yet co-ethnic neighborhoods. The current study examines the associations betwee...