Stress & Allostatic load
This refers to the cumulative effects that chronic stress has on our mental and physical health.
What is Allostatic load?
This term describes adjusting one's behavior, appearance, or speech to fit into the dominant culture, often done by minority individuals to resist stereotypes.
What is code-switching or covering?
This type of "threat" describes the pressure minority group members feel to perform in ways that disprove negative stereotypes, potentially impairing their performance.
What is stereotype threat?
This type of trauma refers to the cumulative emotional and psychological wounding across an individual's lifespan and generations within a group.
What is historical trauma?
The expression of genes involved in the stress response, immune function, and neurodevelopment, all of which can be impacted by experiences of oppression.
What is Epigenetics?
This may occur when events exceed an individual's capacity to cope.
What is allostatic overload?
This term describes the challenges in interpersonal relationships and parenting seen in communities dealing with the effects of historical trauma.
What are interpersonal difficulties and impaired parenting?
These feelings are common emotional effects of constantly having to resist stereotypes, including a sense of not being seen for one's true self.
What are isolation, frustration, and anger?
Historical trauma often leads to these two common mental health issues due to generations of oppression and violence.
What are depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
This leads to chronic stress and has been shown to induce epigenetic changes in the body.
This term can be defined as a state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation.
What is Stress?
This happens when individuals who experience oppression begin believing and embodying those characteristics.
What is internalized oppression?
This psychological phenomenon occurs when individuals, particularly from minority groups, adopt negative stereotypes about their own group.
What is the internalization of stereotypes?
Increased risk of these behaviors is a behavioral effect of historical trauma, used by some as coping mechanisms.
What are substance abuse and violence?
Numerous studies have documented the epigenetic changes associated with exposure to.
What is Chronic Stress?
According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, this is a form of prejudice that generally includes negative emotional reactions to members of a group
What is racism?
This happens when chronic exposure to oppression and discrimination can have physical health consequences.
What are Physical Health Effects?
This term refers to withdrawing from certain social or professional opportunities as a way to escape facing stereotypical judgments.
What is avoidance behavior?
This emotional state represents a prolonged sense of sadness and grief tied to the collective experiences of a community, as a result of historical trauma.
What is intergenerational grief?
This emerging research has uncovered the intricate mechanisms by which social factors can influence gene expression without altering the underlying
What is DNA sequence?