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Title: Interaction of stressful life events and chronic strains on community mental health

Abstract

One of the possible adaptive costs of coping with stress is diminished capacity to respond to subsequent adaptive demands. This paper examined the complex interplay between major life events and one source of chronic strain. Residents of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area exposed to higher levels of smog, who had also experienced a recent stressful life event, exhibited poorer mental health than those exposed to pollution who had not experienced a recent stressful life event. There were, however, no direct effects of smog levels on mental health. These patterns of results were replicated in both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study. The interplay of psychosocial vulnerability and environmental conditions is discussed.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Irvine
OSTI Identifier:
6168440
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Am. J. Community Psychol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 15:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; SMOG; HEALTH HAZARDS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL STRESS; CALIFORNIA; SOCIAL IMPACT; TOLERANCE; FEDERAL REGION IX; HAZARDS; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION; USA; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

Evans, G W, Jacobs, S V, Dooley, D, and Catalano, R. Interaction of stressful life events and chronic strains on community mental health. United States: N. p., 1987. Web. doi:10.1007/BF00919755.
Evans, G W, Jacobs, S V, Dooley, D, & Catalano, R. Interaction of stressful life events and chronic strains on community mental health. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919755
Evans, G W, Jacobs, S V, Dooley, D, and Catalano, R. 1987. "Interaction of stressful life events and chronic strains on community mental health". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919755.
@article{osti_6168440,
title = {Interaction of stressful life events and chronic strains on community mental health},
author = {Evans, G W and Jacobs, S V and Dooley, D and Catalano, R},
abstractNote = {One of the possible adaptive costs of coping with stress is diminished capacity to respond to subsequent adaptive demands. This paper examined the complex interplay between major life events and one source of chronic strain. Residents of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area exposed to higher levels of smog, who had also experienced a recent stressful life event, exhibited poorer mental health than those exposed to pollution who had not experienced a recent stressful life event. There were, however, no direct effects of smog levels on mental health. These patterns of results were replicated in both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study. The interplay of psychosocial vulnerability and environmental conditions is discussed.},
doi = {10.1007/BF00919755},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6168440}, journal = {Am. J. Community Psychol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 15:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1987}
}