Interpersonal stress and proinflammatory activity in emerging adults with a history of suicide risk: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Interpersonal stress during adolescence and young adulthood can threaten healthy developmental trajectories. A "primed" proinflammatory response to acute stress may serve as an underlying process that results in negative outcomes for youth. The present pilot study examined the relation between interpersonal stress and two proinflammatory cytokines in a sample of 42 university-recruited emerging adults with recent suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Participants completed self-report measures of mood, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, recent peer-related stressors, and interpersonal sensitivity. They also participated in an acute laboratory social stress task and provided three saliva samples to measure their proinflammatory responses (IL-6 and TNF-α) to the stressor. Participants reported sign

SUBMITTER: Defayette AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10486198 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature