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The effects of social adversity, discrimination, and health risk behaviors on the accelerated aging of African Americans: Further support for the weathering hypothesis

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  • Simons, Ronald L.
  • Lei, Man-Kit
  • Klopack, Eric
  • Beach, Steven R.H.
  • Gibbons, Frederick X.
  • Philibert, Robert A.

Abstract

The weathering hypothesis views the elevated rates of illness, disability, and mortality seen among Black Americans as a physiological response to the structural barriers, material hardships, and identity threats that comprise the Black experience. While granting that lifestyle may have some significance, the fundamental explanation for heath inequalities is seen as race-related stressors that accelerate biological aging.

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  • Simons, Ronald L. & Lei, Man-Kit & Klopack, Eric & Beach, Steven R.H. & Gibbons, Frederick X. & Philibert, Robert A., 2021. "The effects of social adversity, discrimination, and health risk behaviors on the accelerated aging of African Americans: Further support for the weathering hypothesis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:282:y:2021:i:c:s0277953620303889
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113169
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