Socioeconomic disadvantage and high-effort coping in childhood: evidence of skin-deep resilience.
Katherine B EhrlichSarah M LyleKelsey L CoralloJulie M BrissonElizabeth R WigginsTianyi YuEdith ChenGregory E MillerGene H BrodyPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2023)
For youth with high-effort coping tendencies, socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to cardiometabolic risk. Public health efforts to support at-risk youth must consider both mental and physical health consequences associated with striving in challenging contexts.