Age moderates the association between social integration and diurnal cortisol measures.

ABSTRACT: Social integration is defined as the degree to which an individual participates in a broad range of social relationships. Although measures of social integration vary across studies, it is often assessed as the number of social roles (e.g., parent, friend, student, volunteer) that an individual reports actively participating in. More socially integrated individuals tend to be healthier than those less socially integrated, but the biological mechanisms through which this occurs remain unclear. One possibility is that social integration might alter the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, of which cortisol is a key product, and in turn influence a broad range of health outcomes. This study examined the association between social integration and two indices of cortisol in a co

SUBMITTER: Chin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864556 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature