Carnegie Mellon University

PUBLICATION TOPIC: Social Status and Health

Murdock, K. W., Seiler, A., Chirinos, D. A., Garcini, L. M., Acebo, S. L., Cohen, S., & Fagundes, C. P. (2018). Low childhood subjective social status and telomere length in adulthood: The role of attachment orientations. Developmental Psychobiology.

Molesworth, T., Sheu, L., Cohen, S., Gianaros, P., & Verstynen, T. D. (2015). Social network diversity predicts white matter microstructural integrity in humans. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10, 1169-1176.

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Doyle, W. J., Marsland, A. L., & Bosch, J. (2014). Childhood environments and cytomegalovirus serostatus and reactivation in adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 40, 174-181.

Chiu, Y.-H. M., Coull, B. A., Sternthal, M. J., Kloog, I., Schwartz, J., Cohen, S., & Wright, R. J. (2013). Effects of prenatal community violence and ambient air pollution on childhood wheeze in an urban population. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 133, 713-722.

Cohen, S., Janicki-Deverts, D., Turner, R.B., Marsland, A.L., Casselbrant, M.L., Li-Korotky, H-S, Epel, E.S., & Doyle, W.J. (2013). Childhood socioeconomic status, telomere length, and susceptibility to upper respiratory 
infection. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 34, 31-38. PMID: 23845919 PMCID:3795973 Carnegie Mellon University press release

Chiu, Y.-H. M., Coull, B .A., Cohen, S., Wooley, A., & Wright, R. J. (2012). Prenatal and postnatal maternal stress and wheeze in urban children: Effect of maternal sensitization. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 186, 147-154. Link to full-text (pdf)

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Matthews, K. A., & Jacobs, D. R., Jr. (2012). Sex differences in the association of childhood socioeconomic status with adult blood pressure change: The CARDIA Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74, 728-735.Link to full-text (pdf)

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Kalra, P., & Matthews, K. A. (2012). The prospective association of socioeconomic status with C-reactive protein levels in the CARDIA Study.  Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 26, 1128-1135. 
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Sneed, R., Cohen, S., Turner, R.B. & Doyle, W. J.  (2012).  Parenthood and host resistance to the common cold. Psychosomatic Medicine.  Link to full-text (pdf)   Carnegie Mellon University press release

Sternthal, M. J., Coull, B. A., Chiu, Y. H. M., Cohen, S., & Wright, R. J. (2011). Associations among maternal childhood socioeconomic status, cord blood IgE levels, and repeated wheeze in urban
children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 128, 337-345. Link to full-text (pdf)

Matthews, K. A., Schwartz, J. E., & Cohen, S. (2011). Indices of socioeconomic position across the life course as predictors of coronary calcification in black and white men and women: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Social Science & Medicine, 73, 768-774. Link to full-text (pdf)

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Matthews, K. A., Jacobs, D. R., Jr., & Adler, N. E. (2011). Occupational mobility and carotid artery intima-media thickness: Findings from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73, 795-802.  PMID: 22021461  Link to full-text (pdf) 

Carroll, J. E., Cohen, S., & Marsland, A. L. (2011). Early childhood socioeconomic status is associated with circulating interleukin-6 among mid-life adults. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 25, 1468-1474. Link to full-text (pdf) 

Suglia, S. F., Staudenmayer, J., Cohen, S., & Wright, R. J. (2010). Posttraumatic stress symptoms related to community violence and children’s diurnal cortisol response in an urban community-dwelling sample. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 43-50.  Link to (free) full-text (PubMedCentral)  Link to full-text (PDF)

Suglia, S. F. Staudenmayer, J., Cohen S., Enlow, M. B., Rich-Edwards, J. W., & Wright, R.J. (2010). Cumulative stress and cortisol disruption among black and Hispanic pregnant women in an urban cohort. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2, 26-334. Link to full-text (pdf) 

Chen, E., Cohen, S., & Miller, G. E. (2010). How low socioeconomic status affects 2-year hormonal trajectories in children. Psychological Science, 21, 31-37. Link to full-text (pdf)

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., DiLillo, V. G., Lewis, C. E., Kiefe, C., Whooley, M., & Matthews, K. A. (2010). Depressive symptoms, race, and circulating C-reactive protein: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 72, 734-741. Link to full-text (PDF)

Suglia, S. F., Staudenmayer, J., Cohen, S., & Wright, R. J. (2010). Posttraumatic stress symptoms related to community violence and children’s diurnal cortisol response in an urban community-dwelling sample. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17, 43-50.  Link to (free) full-text (PubMedCentral)  Link to full-text (PDF)

Sternthal, M. J., Enlow, M. B., Cohen, S. Canner, M. J., Staudenmayer, J., Tsang, K. & Wright, R. J. (2009). Maternal interpersonal trauma and cord blood IgE levels in an inner-city cohort: A life-course perspective. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 124, 954-960. Link to full-text (pdf)

Sternthal, M. J., Enlow, M. B., Cohen, S. Canner, M. J., Staudenmayer, J., Tsang, K. & Wright, R. J. (2009). Maternal interpersonal trauma and cord blood IgE levels in an inner-city cohort: A life-course perspective. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 124, 954-960. Link to full-text (PDF)

Phillips, J.E., Marsland, A. L., Flory, J. D., Muldoon, M. F., Cohen, S., & Manuck, S.B. (2009). Parental education is related to C-reactive protein among female middle aged community volunteers. Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 23, 677-683. Link to full-text (pdf)

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Matthews, K. A., Gross, M. D., & Jacobs Jr., D. R. (2009). Socioeconomic status, antioxidant micronutrients, and correlates of oxidative damage: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 541-548. Link to full-text (pdf)

Gruenewald, T. L., Cohen, S., Matthews, K.A., Tracy, R., & Seeman, T. E. (2009). Association of socioeconomic status with inflammation markers in black and white men and women in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Social Science & Medicine, 69, 451-459. Link to full-text (pdf)

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Matthews, K. A., & Cullen, M. R. (2008). History of unemployment predicts future elevations in C-reactive protein among male participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 36, 176-185. Link to full-text (pdf)

Gianaros, P. J., Horenstein, J. A., Cohen, S., Matthews, K. A., Sheu, L. K., & Hariri, A. R. (2008). Potential neural embedding of parental social standing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 91-96. Link to full-text (pdf)

Cohen, S., Alper, C. M., Doyle, W. J., Adler, N., Treanor, J. J., & Turner, R. B. (2008). Objective and subjective socioeconomic status and susceptibility to the common cold. Health Psychology, 27, 268-274. Link to full-text (pdf)

Gianaros, P. J., Horenstein, J. A., Cohen, S., Matthews, K. A., Brown, S. M., Flory, D., Critchley, H. D., Manuck, S. B., & Hariri, A. R. (2007). Perigenual anterior cingulate morphology covaries with perceived social standing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2, 161-173. Link to full-text (pdf)

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Adler, N. E., Schwartz, J. E., Matthews, K. A., & Seeman, T. E. (2007). Socioeconomic status is related to urinary catecholamines in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 514-520. Link to full-text (pdf)

Cohen, S., Doyle, W. J., & Baum, A. (2006). Socioeconomic status is associated with stress hormones. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 414-420. Link to full-text (pdf)

Cohen, S., Schwartz, J. E., Epel, E., Kirschbaum, C., Sidney, S., & Seeman, T. (2006). Socioeconomic status, race, and diurnal cortisol decline in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 41-50. Link to full-text (pdf)

Wright, R. J., Mitchell, H., Visness, C. M., Cohen, S., Stout, J., Evans, R., & Gold, D. R. (2004). Community violence and asthma morbidity: The Inner-City Asthma Study. American Journal of Public Health, 94, 625-632. Link to full-text (pdf)

Cohen, S., Doyle, W. J., Turner, R. B., Alper, C. M., & Skoner, D. P. (2004). Childhood socioeconomic status and host resistance to infectious illness in adulthood. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 553-558. Link to full-text (pdf)

Wright, R. J., Visness, C. M., Cohen, S., Stout, J., Evans, R., & Gold, D. R. (2004). Community violence and asthma morbidity: The Inner-City Asthma Study. American Journal of Public Health, 94, 625-632. Link to full-text (pdf)

Jackson, B., Kubzansky, L. D., Cohen, S., Weiss, S., & Wright, R. (2004). A matter of life and breath: Childhood socioeconomic status is related to young adult pulmonary function in the Cardia Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 33, 271-278. Link to full-text (pdf) 

Cohen, S. (1999). Social status and susceptibility to respiratory infections. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 896, 246-253. Link to full-text (pdf)

Cohen, S., Kaplan, G.A., Salonen, J.T. (1999). The role of psychological characteristics in the relation between socioeconomic status and perceived health. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 551-574. Link to full-text (pdf)

Cohen, S., Line, S., Manuck, S. B., Rabin, B. S., Heise, E., & Kaplan, J. R.  (1997).  Chronic social stress, social status and susceptibility to upper respiratory infections in nonhuman primates.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 59, 213-221. Link to full-text (pdf)

Adler, N. E., Boyce, T., Chesney, M. A., Cohen, S., Folkman, S., Kahn, R. L., & Syme, S. L.  (1994).  Socioeconomic status and health:  The challenge of the gradient.  American Psychologist, 49, 15-24. Link to full-text (pdf)