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Real time reporting of racial discrimination is associated with salivary cortisol changes in Black adults, on both the same day and the next day, illuminating the stress response to microaggressions over time

09.14.22 | PLOS

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Mean cortisol level by the previous day racial discrimination and the same day microaggressions.
Mean cortisol level by the previous day racial discrimination and the same day microaggressions. (A) The previous day racial discrimination and cortisol levels; (B) The same day microaggressions and cortisol levels. Note: Participants reported on average 0.61 overt racial discrimination experiences per day and most reported substantial daily microaggression experiences. Credit: Nam et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Real time reporting of racial discrimination is associated with salivary cortisol changes in Black adults, on both the same day and the next day, illuminating the stress response to microaggressions over time

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273081

Article Title: Real-time racial discrimination, affective states, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in Black adults

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The current study was funded by Yale school of nursing research program. The grant number was not assigned. The sponsor did not play any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0273081

Real-time racial discrimination, affective states, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in Black adults

14-Sep-2022

Douglas Granger is founder and chief scientific and strategy advisor at Salimetrics LLC and Salivabio LLC and these relationships are managed by the policies of the committee’s on conflict of interest at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of California at Irvine. The other authors have no conflicts of interests. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Keywords

Health and Medicine Public Health Racial Discrimination Social Discrimination Social Problems Social Research Social Sciences Stress Responses

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0273081
Article Publication Date
2022-09-14
Article Title
Real-time racial discrimination, affective states, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in Black adults
COI Statement
Douglas Granger is founder and chief scientific and strategy advisor at Salimetrics LLC and Salivabio LLC and these relationships are managed by the policies of the committee’s on conflict of interest at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of California at Irvine. The other authors have no conflicts of interests. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

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Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
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How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, September 14). Real time reporting of racial discrimination is associated with salivary cortisol changes in Black adults, on both the same day and the next day, illuminating the stress response to microaggressions over time. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDEGEK08/real-time-reporting-of-racial-discrimination-is-associated-with-salivary-cortisol-changes-in-black-adults-on-both-the-same-day-and-the-next-day-illuminating-the-stress-response-to-microaggressions-ove.html
MLA:
"Real time reporting of racial discrimination is associated with salivary cortisol changes in Black adults, on both the same day and the next day, illuminating the stress response to microaggressions over time." Brightsurf News, Sep. 14 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDEGEK08/real-time-reporting-of-racial-discrimination-is-associated-with-salivary-cortisol-changes-in-black-adults-on-both-the-same-day-and-the-next-day-illuminating-the-stress-response-to-microaggressions-ove.html.