The global population of individuals over the age of 65 is growing at an unprecedented rate
and is expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2050. Most older individuals are affected by multiple …

Stress can influence health throughout the lifespan, yet there is little agreement about what
types and aspects of stress matter most for human health and disease. This is in part …

Chronic psychosocial stress increases disease risk and mortality, but the underlying
mechanisms remain largely unclear. Here we outline an energy-based model for the …

A comprehensive and accessible approach to personality theory and research with a
renewed focus on contemporary findings In the newly revised 15th edition of Personality …

Background The integration of biological, psychological, and social factors in medicine has
benefited from increasingly precise stress response biomarkers. Mitochondria, a subcellular …

Selected as a" Favorite Book for Educators in 2018" by Greater Good. From the author of
Mindfulness for Teachers, a guide to supporting trauma-exposed students. Fully half the …

Importance Accelerated aging makes adults more vulnerable to chronic diseases and death.
Whether childhood adversity is associated with accelerated aging processes, and to what …

A growing literature suggests that exposure to adverse social conditions may accelerate
biological aging, offering one mechanism through which adversity may increase risk for age …

This manuscript reviews recent evidence supporting the utility of telomeres and
mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) in detecting the biological impacts of adverse …

This paper focuses on the social hallmarks of aging including low lifetime socioeconomic
status, adversity in childhood and adulthood, being a member of a minority group, adverse …