Race/ethnicity, immigrant generation, and physiological dysregulation among U.S. adults entering midlife.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to better understand racial/ethnic and immigrant generation disparities in physiological dysregulation in the early portion of the adult life course. Using biomarker-measured allostatic load, we focused on the health of child/adolescent immigrant, second-, and third-plus-generation Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Americans in their late 30s and early 40s. We drew on restricted-access data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), Waves I and V. The results indicate lower levels of physiological dysregulation for most racial/ethnic groups of child/adolescent immigrants relative to both third-plus-generation Whites and third-plus-generation same race/ethnic peers. Socioeconomic, social, and behavioral control variables measured in dif

SUBMITTER: Touma F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10112471 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature