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. 2015 Jul 3;15:146. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0497-7

Table 1.

Measures

Construct Domain Description Measures
Stress Chronic Role and environmental stress, neighborhood security, discrimination Wheaton Chronic Stress (WCS) Scale, Lifetime Discrimination Scale, Neighborhood Safety and Violence Scale [7072]
Major events Lifetime & recent exposure to major life events and trauma (e.g., bereavement, abuse) Lifetime Adversity and Recent Life Event subscales of WCS [70]
Subjective Perceived stressfulness of life over last month Perceived Stress Scale [73]
Daily events Exposure to daily hassles and stressors (e.g., arguments, deadlines, illness) Adapted from Daily Inventory of Stressful Experiences [74]
URT Event-related Recurring thoughts about major stressor Impact of Events Scale-Revised [75]
Dispositional Tendency to ruminate or reflect Rumination-Reflection Questionnaire [38]; White Bear Suppression Inventory [37]
Momentary Experiencing recurring, unwanted, negative thoughts Momentary Thought Questionnaire
Cognition Laboratory Working memory Operation-span, Counting-span, Backward letter span
episodic memory AVLT, Paired-associates, Card Memory Task
processing speed Letter, Number and Symbol matching
fluid and crystallized intelligence Ravens Progressive Matrices; Vocabulary
Ambulatory Working memory (verbal, spatial), processing speed See Fig. 2
Biomarkers Laboratory Basal inflammatory markers Plasma cytokines: IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TNF-α, IFN-γ, GM-CSF; Plasma CRP
Ambulatory LPS-stimulated cytokines Plasma cytokines: IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TNF-α, GM-CSF
Stress-related hormones Salivary cortisol sampled 4 times per day for the first 5 days of each burst
Plasma cortisol; Plasma DHEAS
Physical & Mental Health Objective Metabolic risk indicators Lipid profiles; insulin; glucose
Subjective Physical functioning, medical history, medication use, anxiety, depression, mood over last month, life satisfaction PROMIS Physical Function Short Form-A, PROMIS Emotional Distress – Anxiety – Short Form 7-A, PROMIS Depression Short From 8-A, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Satisfaction with Life Scale [64, 76, 77]
Risk & Protective Factors Risk Neuroticism, social isolation, childhood adversity, anger International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) Neuroticism subscale, PROMIS Social Isolation – Short Form-6a, Childhood Adversity subscale from WCS, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory [70, 78, 79]
Protective Conscientiousness, social support, positive events, optimism, adult temperament, mindfulness IPIP Conscientiousness subscale, PROMIS Emotional, Informational, and Instrumental Social Support – Short Forms-6a, Pleasant Events Schedule, Life Orientation Test, Adult Temperament Questionnaire, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire [64, 78, 8083]
Demographics Person Age, race, ethnicity, gender Demographic questionnaire
Context income, work status, marital status, education