Open AccessRacial Differences in Cumulative Disadvantage Among Women and Its Relation to Health: Development and Preliminary Validation of the Cumulative Stress Inventory of Women's Experiences
Author(s) -
Kenzie Latham-Mintus,
Tess D. Weathers,
Silvia M. Bigatti,
Amy IrbyShasanmi,
BrittneyShea Herbert,
Hiromi Tanaka,
Lisa Robison,
Anna Maria Storniolo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
health equity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-1242
DOI - 10.1089/heq.2021.0038
Subject(s) - stressor , disadvantage , psychology , gerontology , black women , clinical psychology , cumulative risk , developmental psychology , medicine , political science , law , gender studies , sociology
Cumulative disadvantage (CD) is a measure of accumulated social, economic, and person-related stressors due to unequal access to resources and opportunities, which increases a person's biological risk for disease. The purpose of this research was to develop an instrument tailored to women's experiences that had intervention and translational potential. In addition, we explored whether CD contributed to racial health disparities among black and white women.