[HTML][HTML] Hair hormone data from Syrian refugee children: Perspectives from a two-year longitudinal study

AK May, D Smeeth, F McEwen, P Moghames… - Comprehensive …, 2024 - Elsevier
For numerous issues of convenience and acceptability, hair hormone data have been
increasingly incorporated in the field of war trauma and forced displacement, allowing …

[HTML][HTML] Stress and resilience: associations of stress biomarkers with different conceptualizations of resilience

V Ringgold, N Rohleder - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2025 - Elsevier
Highlights•Resilience is currently conceptualized in different ways, with a dynamic approach
emerging as the most appropriate solution.•Resilience is associated with stress biomarkers …

Risk and resilience in Syrian refugee children: A multisystem analysis

D Smeeth, AK May, EG Karam, MJ Rieder… - Development and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Refugee children are often exposed to substantial trauma, placing them at increased risk for
mental illness. However, this risk can be mitigated by a capacity for resilience, conferred …

The role of environmental sensitivity in the mental health of Syrian refugee children: a multi-level analysis

AK May, D Smeeth, F McEwen, E Karam… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Individuals with high environmental sensitivity have nervous systems that are
disproportionately receptive to both the protective and imperilling aspects of the …

Hair Cortisol and Perceived Stress—Predictors for the Onset of Tics? A European Longitudinal Study on High-Risk Children

J Rothe, J Buse, A Uhlmann, B Bodmer, C Kirschbaum… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Some retrospective studies suggest that psychosocial stressors trigger the onset of tics. This
study examined prospective hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity and …

The effect of polygenic liability to mental disorders on COVID-19 outcomes in people with depression: the mediating role of anxiety

A Monistrol-Mula, M Felez-Nobrega, EM Byrne… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundGenetic vulnerability to mental disorders has been associated with coronavirus
disease-19 (COVID-19) outcomes. We explored whether polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for …

Genetic predisposition for negative affect predicts mental health burden during the COVID-19 pandemic

AM Schowe, M Godara, D Czamara, M Adli… - European Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was accompanied by an
increase in mental health challenges including depression, stress, loneliness, and anxiety …

Loneliness during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany: Impact of social factors and polygenic risk scores on interpersonal differences in loneliness and mental health

NM Von Werthern, KF Ahrens… - The World Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objectives The outbreak of Covid-19 negatively affected mental health and
increased loneliness. The subjective feeling of loneliness is influenced by genetic and social …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic risk for neuroticism is associated with externalizing symptoms in 2-year-old boys

J Liuhanen, K Kantojärvi, H Acosta… - Progress in Neuro …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent advances in genome-wide association studies have enabled the estimation of
genetic risk of complex traits, including neuroticism, with polygenic risk scores (PRS) …

The Perceived Stress Scale 2&2: a two-factorial German short version of the Perceived Stress Scale

SK Schäfer, L von Boros, AS Göritz, S Baumann… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Stress is among the leading causes for diseases. The assessment of
subjectively perceived stress is essential for resilience research. While the Perceived Stress …