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Discrimination and Cardiovascular Disease Risk FactorsDiscrimination functions as a social determinant of multiple mental and physical health endpoints, including cardiovascular disease. Prior research has demonstrated that various indices of discrimination are impacted in cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk, but dearths remain in our understanding of these linkages. Thus, at the SoDHI lab, we seek to: 1) explore various indices of discrimination as a multidimensional construct; 2) examine these sources of chronic stress in the lived social context to more properly elucidate their interactive influences; 3) consider intra-/inter-individual psychological processes (e.g., resilience & ethnic identity) as stress and health buffering entities, and 4) examine linkages with traditional CVD endpoints as well as novel CVD risk factors.
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