Political influence associates with cortisol and health among egalitarian forager-farmers | Zendy

Christopher von Rueden | Zendy; Benjamin C. Trumble | Zendy; Melissa Emery Thompson | Zendy; Jonathan Stieglitz | Zendy; Philip L. Hooper | Zendy; Aaron D. Blackwell | Zendy; Hillard Kaplan | Zendy; Michael Gurven | Zendy

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Political influence associates with cortisol and health among egalitarian forager-farmers

Author(s) -

Christopher von Rueden,

Benjamin C. Trumble,

Melissa Emery Thompson,

Jonathan Stieglitz,

Philip L. Hooper,

Aaron D. Blackwell,

Hillard Kaplan,

Michael Gurven

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

evolution medicine and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 2050-6201

DOI - 10.1093/emph/eou021

Subject(s) - feeling , psychosocial , demography , chronic stress , contest , disease , psychology , social stress , stressor , medicine , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , political science , sociology , law

Low social status increases risk of disease due, in part, to the psychosocial stress that accompanies feeling subordinate or poor. Previous studies report that chronic stress and chronically elevated cortisol can impair cardiovascular and immune function. We test whether lower status is more benign in small-scale, relatively egalitarian societies, where leaders lack coercive authority and there is minimal material wealth to contest.

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