Social Safety Theory: Conceptual foundation, underlying mechanisms, and future directions

Health Psychology Review, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 17(1), С. 5 - 59

Опубликована: Янв. 2, 2023

Classic theories of stress and health are largely based on assumptions regarding how different psychosocial stressors influence biological processes that, in turn, affect human behavior. Although theoretically rich, this work has yielded little consensus led to numerous conceptual, measurement, reproducibility issues. Social Safety Theory aims address these issues by using the primary goal regulatory logic brain immune system as basis for specifying social-environmental situations which systems should respond most strongly maximize reproductive success survival. This analysis gave rise integrated, multi-level formulation described herein, transforms thinking about biology provides a biologically based, evolutionary account why experiences social safety threat related health, well-being, aging, longevity. In doing so, theory advances testable framework investigating biopsychosocial roots disparities well health-relevant crystalize over time perceptions environment interact with childhood microbial environment, birth cohort, culture, air pollution, genetics, sleep, diet, personality, self-harm health. The also highlights several interventions reducing promoting resilience.

Язык: Английский

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Social Safety Theory: Understanding social stress, disease risk, resilience, and behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Current Opinion in Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 45, С. 101299 - 101299

Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2022

Many of life's most impactful experiences involve either social safety (e.g., acceptance, affiliation, belonging, inclusion) or threat conflict, isolation, rejection, exclusion). According to Social Safety Theory, these greatly impact human health and behavior because a fundamental goal the brain immune system is keep body biologically safe. To achieve this crucial goal, threats likely gained ability activate anticipatory neural-immune responses that would have historically benefited reproduction survival; presence safety, in turn, dampened responses. Viewing positive negative through lens affords based evolutionary account for why certain stressors are particularly impactful. It also provides an integrated, multi-level framework investigating biopsychosocial roots psychopathology, disparities, aging, longevity, interpersonal cognition behavior. Ultimately, work has potential inform new strategies reducing disease risk promoting resilience.

Язык: Английский

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Human social genomics: Concepts, mechanisms, and implications for health

Lifestyle Medicine, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 4(2)

Опубликована: Фев. 25, 2023

Abstract The exciting field of human social genomics provides an evolutionarily informed, multilevel framework for understanding how positive and negative social–environmental experiences affect the genome to impact lifelong health, well‐being, behavior, longevity. In this review, we first summarize common patterns socially influenced changes in expression pro‐inflammatory antiviral immune response genes (e.g., Conserved Transcriptional Response Adversity), psychological, neural, cell signaling pathways by which factors regulate gene expression. Second, examine these effects are moderated genetic polymorphisms specific types that most strongly health. Third, identify psychosocial interventions have been found Finally, discuss promising opportunities future research on topic health care providers can use information improve patient well‐being.

Язык: Английский

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Multi-omics in stress and health research: study designs that will drive the field forward

Stress, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 29, 2024

Despite decades of stress research, there still exist substantial gaps in our understanding how social, environmental, and biological factors interact combine with developmental stressor exposures, cognitive appraisals stressors, psychosocial coping processes to shape individuals' reactivity, health, disease risk. Relatively new profiling approaches, called multi-omics, are helping address these issues by enabling researchers quantify thousands molecules from a single blood or tissue sample, thus providing panoramic snapshot the molecular occurring an organism systems perspective. In this review, we summarize two types research designs for which multi-omics approaches best suited, describe can help advance development, prevention, treatment stress-related pathologies. We first discuss incorporating into theory-rich, intensive longitudinal study characterize, high-resolution, transition multisystem dysfunction throughout development. Next, should be incorporated intervention better understand back inform novel precision medicine managing fostering biopsychosocial resilience. Throughout, provide concrete recommendations studies that will translate data health care.

Язык: Английский

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Mental health and social trust: Age and religiosity as moderators among young people in Croatia and Slovenia

Journal of Trust Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 31

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

Язык: Английский

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The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 16(12), С. e0261384 - e0261384

Опубликована: Дек. 15, 2021

Background Historically social connection has been an important way through which humans have coped with large-scale threatening events. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns deprived people major sources support and coping, others representing threats. Hence, a stressor during pandemic sense disconnection loneliness. This study explores how people’s experience compassion feeling socially safe connected, in contrast to disconnected, lonely fearful compassion, effects impact perceived threat on post-traumatic growth stress. Methods Adult participants from general population ( N = 4057) across 21 countries worldwide, completed self-report measures (compassion for self, others, others; safeness), (fears loneliness), COVID-19, traumatic Results Perceived predicted increased Social safeness) higher stress, whereas loneliness) symptoms only. heightened growth, while weakened this impact. magnified These were consistent all countries. Conclusions is key adapt cope worldwide crisis may facilitate experienced pandemic. contrast, increases vulnerability develop stress context. Public health Government organizations could implement interventions foster feelings safeness reduce experiences disconnection, thus promoting resilience mental wellbeing following

Язык: Английский

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Nurses' self‐esteem, self‐compassion and psychological resilience during COVID‐19 pandemic

Nursing Open, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 10(7), С. 4404 - 4412

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2023

Abstract Aim This study aimed to identify self‐esteem, self‐compassion and psychological resilience among staff nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Qatar. Design Descriptive cross‐sectional survey design. Methods The was conducted on January 2022 (during third wave Qatar). Anonymous data were collected through an online using Microsoft forms from 300 14 health facilities Socio‐demographic information, Connor‐Davidson Resilience Scale, Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale Self‐Compassion Scale‐Short Form used collect data. Correlation, t ‐test ANOVA analyses conducted. Results Participants expressed a high level of resilience, self‐esteem self‐compassion. scores positively significantly correlated with education statistically significant contributing factor resilience.

Язык: Английский

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Multi-omics approaches in psychoneuroimmunology and health research: Conceptual considerations and methodological recommendations

Brain Behavior and Immunity, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 114, С. 475 - 487

Опубликована: Авг. 4, 2023

Язык: Английский

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The Stress Phenotyping Framework: A multidisciplinary biobehavioral approach for assessing and therapeutically targeting maladaptive stress physiology

Stress, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27(1)

Опубликована: Май 6, 2024

Although dysregulated stress biology is becoming increasingly recognized as a key driver of lifelong disparities in chronic disease, we presently have no validated biomarkers toxic physiology; biological, behavioral, or cognitive treatments specifically focused on normalizing processes; and agreed-upon guidelines for treating the clinic evaluating efficacy interventions that seek to reduce improve human functioning. We address these critical issues by (a) systematically describing systems mechanisms are stress; (b) summarizing indicators, biomarkers, instruments assessing response systems; (c) highlighting therapeutic approaches can be used normalize stress-related biopsychosocial also present novel multidisciplinary Stress Phenotyping Framework bring researchers clinicians one step closer realizing goal using precision medicine-based prevent treat stress-associated health problems.

Язык: Английский

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Building Resilience and Social–Emotional Competencies in Elementary School Students through a Short-Term Intervention Program Based on the SEE Learning Curriculum

Behavioral Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(6), С. 458 - 458

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

This study explored the positive effects of a six-week Social–Emotional and Ethical Learning® (SEE Learning) program on resilience social emotional competences, adapted for elementary students in Daegu, South Korea, region strongly affected by first outbreak COVID-19. A total 348 third- fourth-grade from 15 schools participated, curriculum was tailored, emphasizing key areas such as resilience, attention, kindness, attention training, compassion. Repeated measures analysis variance (RMANOVA) tests showed statistically significant improvements between pre- post-tests its subscales, including self-efficacy, tolerance negative affect, support relations, power control, spontaneity, well competencies, regulation, skills, empathy, tendencies. Despite lack maintenance all areas, at follow-up, mean scores tendency, remained higher than pre-test levels, suggesting some lasting benefits. The findings underscore potential SEE Learning integrated with mindfulness, compassion, ethical practices to enhance students’ well-being. contributes growing body evidence supporting use mindfulness compassion-based SEL programs mitigate adverse traumatic events children’s mental health.

Язык: Английский

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