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Title: | The Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Telomere Length: A Meta-Analysis | Contributor(s): | Schutte, Nicola (author) ; Malouff, John M (author) | Publication Date: | 2016 | DOI: | 10.1002/smi.2607 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19584 | Abstract: | Telomeres protect the ends of chromosomes, and short telomere length is associated with poor health and mortality. This study reports a meta-analytic investigation of the relationship between perceived stress and telomere length, including results from eight studies with a total of 1143 participants. A meta-analytic effect size of r = -0.25, p < 0.001, indicated that higher levels of perceived stress were associated with shorter telomere length. Examination of the studies for moderators of effect size identified some significant moderators, such as a difference in effect sizes between samples comprised of only women and mixed-sex samples. These results are only suggestive as they are based on a small set of studies, and funnel plot analyses indicated a publication bias. A significant relationship between more perceived stress and shorter telomere length is consistent with theoretical frameworks positing that stress induces physiological changes that result in shortened telomeres. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Stress and Health, 32(4), p. 313-319 | Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1532-2998 1532-3005 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 170101 Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520302 Clinical psychology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 929999 Health not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200201 Determinants of health | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Psychology |
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