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Health Psychology: Developing Biologically Plausible Models Linking the Social World and Physical Health

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Miller, Gregory, Chen, Edith, Cole, Steve W.·2009·Annual Review of Psychology
DOI 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163551
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Research over the past several decades has documented psychosocial influences on the development and progression of several major medical illnesses. The field is now increasingly focused on identifying the biological and behavioral mechanisms underlying these effects. This review takes stock of the knowledge accumulated in the biological arena to date and highlights conceptual and methodological approaches that have proven especially productive. It emphasizes the value of a disease-centered approach that "reverse engineers" adverse health outcomes into their specific biological determinants and then identifies psychologically modulated neuroendocrine and immunologic dynamics that modulate those pathological processes at the cellular and molecular levels.

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  • Chronic stressors at sensitive periods can keep the stress system on alert for threat even years later, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

    “Chronic stressors at sensitive periods can keep the stress system on alert for threat even years later, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (see Miller et al. 2009).”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Miller et al. 2009

  • This vigilance can create a self-fulfilling prophecy wherein the expectation of threat readies people to perceive it, thereby reinforcing the expectation of threat in a recursive loop that imposes an increasingly heavy toll on health.

    “This vigilance can create a self-fulfilling prophecy wherein the expectation of threat readies people to perceive it, thereby reinforcing the expectation of threat in a recursive loop that imposes an increasingly heavy toll on health (Miller et al. 2009).”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Miller et al. 2009

  • Early experiences anchor people's expectations for threat or safety in an environment.

    “Finally, early experiences anchor people's expectations for threat or safety in an environment”

    From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Miller et al. 2009

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Authors
Miller, G., Chen, E., & Cole, S. W.
Affiliations
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2009-01-01
Volume
60
Issue
1
Pages
501-524
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
DOI
10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163551
OpenAlex
W2099864659
Cited by
591
References
154
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 48 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 54 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 47 · 2013: 46 · 2012: 68
FWCI
1.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
Keywords
neuroendocrine system, immune system
MeSH terms
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Arousal, Asthma, Behavioral Medicine, Brain, Cardiovascular Diseases, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Inflammation, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Prognosis, Psychoneuroimmunology, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, HIV Infections, Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical

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