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标题：Stress exposure as a mechanism of the impact of socio-economic status on health quality
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作者：Mentus, Vladimir ; Mentus, Tatjana
期刊名称：Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke
印刷版ISSN：0352-5732
出版年度：2017
期号：163
页码：471-483
DOI：10.2298/ZMSDN1763471M
出版社：Matica srpska
摘要：The subject of this paper is stress exposure as one of the mechanisms through which the socioeconomic status may affect the health. First of all, the nature of the relationship between the socioeconomic status and the health quality, as well as possible mechanisms of relationship between them in general are presented. Then, an overview of the relationship between socioeconomic status and stress exposure is provided, as well as previous research results in this field. Finally, mechanisms by which stress exposure may affect health quality are presented. The largest number of studies indicates a positive correlation between socioeconomic position and health quality and a negative correlation between status and stress exposure, as well as health quality and stress exposure. The results regarding the relationship between socioeconomic status and stress exposure are in this respect the least consistent, mostly due to differences in the conceptualizations and operationalizations, poor representativeness of samples, and other methodological issues, as well as the characteristics of the examined populations themselves. Further, behaviors relevant to health quality, such as diet or physical activity, are to a great extent related to socioeconomic status and stress exposure. Whatever the mechanisms by which the interaction between these variables is explained may be, the socioeconomic status is probably the key for prevention and overcoming stressful situations, and thus, for health in general. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. OI 179039: Strukturne društvene i istorijske promene srpskog društva u kontekstu evropskih integracija i globalizacije and Grant no. OI 179018: Identifikacija, merenje i razvoj kognitivnih i emocionalnih kompetencija važnih u društvu orijentisanom na evropske integracije]
关键词：socioeconomic status; health; stress; differential exposure hypothesis; differential vulnerability hypothesis; status anxiety