The influence of acculturation on endocrine reactivity during acute stress in urban black males

Urbanization is a world‐wide phenomenon and results in a radical and sometimes total change in living conditions. This process is accompanied by a significant increase in the incidence of western‐type diseases virtually unknown in traditional rural communities. Especially in a multicultural society...

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Vydané v:Stress medicine Ročník 12; číslo 1; s. 55 - 63
Hlavní autori: Malan, N.T., Brits, J.S., Eloff, F.C., Huisman, H.W., Kruger, A., Laubscher, P.J., Pretorius, P.J., Steyn, H.S.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.01.1996
Wiley
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Biological and medical sciences
cortisol
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
hormone
hypertension
Personality. Affectivity
prolactin
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
race
renin activity
rural
Stress
testosterone
urbanization
western-type diseases
South Africa
Africa
Human
Urban environment
Enzyme
Negroid
Cortisol
Stress
Testosterone
Renin angiotensin system
Acculturation
Renin
Adenohypophyseal hormone
Prolactin
Cultural environment
Adrenal hormone
Race
Hydrolases
Aspartic endopeptidases
Hormonal investigation
Sex steroid hormone
Proteinases
ISSN:0748-8386, 1099-1700
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Shrnutí:Urbanization is a world‐wide phenomenon and results in a radical and sometimes total change in living conditions. This process is accompanied by a significant increase in the incidence of western‐type diseases virtually unknown in traditional rural communities. Especially in a multicultural society like South Africa, rural people moving to the city will experience cultural shock leading in many cases to a large degree of acculturation. In this study the effect of acculturation on endocrine reactivity was studied in a population of Tswanas. It was found that significant differences in endocrine reactivity exist not only between rural Tswanas and urban whites but in some instances also between rural Tswanas and urban Tswanas. During the cold pressor test, the testosterone reactivity and to a lesser extent the prolactin reactivity of the urban Tswanas tended to approach that of the white group as a function of their level of acculturation. All the Tswana groups had a significantly higher plasma renin activity during acute stress than the whites, which could have a bearing on the tendency of urban blacks to develop hypertension.
Bibliografia:ark:/67375/WNG-H6KLS452-9
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ArticleID:SMI683
ISSN:0748-8386
1099-1700
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199601)12:1<55::AID-SMI683>3.0.CO;2-8