image: 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. view more
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.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Real-time racial discrimination, affective states, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in Black adults
Article Publication Date
14-Sep-2022
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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.