Journal article
Losing Years Doing Time: Incarceration Exposure and Accelerated Biological Aging among African American Adults
Journal of health and social behavior, Vol.62(4), pp.460-476
12/2021
DOI: 10.1177/00221465211052568
PMID: 34698583
Abstract
Research suggests that incarceration exposure increases the prevalence of morbidity and premature mortality. This work is only beginning to examine whether the stressors of the incarceration experience become biologically embedded in ways that affect physiological deterioration. Using data from a longitudinal sample of 410 African American adults in the Family and Community Health Study and an epigenetic index of aging, this study tests the extent to which incarceration accelerates epigenetic aging and whether experiences with violence moderate this association. Results from models that adjust for selection effects suggest that incarceration exposure predicted accelerated aging, leaving formerly incarcerated African American individuals biologically older than their calendar age. Direct experiences with violence also exacerbated the effects of incarceration. These findings suggest that incarceration possibly triggers a stress response that affects a biological signature of physiological deterioration.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Losing Years Doing Time: Incarceration Exposure and Accelerated Biological Aging among African American Adults
- Creators
- Mark T Berg - University of IowaEthan M Rogers - University of Iowa, Center for Social Science InnovationMan-Kit Lei - University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USARonald L Simons - University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of health and social behavior, Vol.62(4), pp.460-476
- DOI
- 10.1177/00221465211052568
- PMID
- 34698583
- NLM abbreviation
- J Health Soc Behav
- ISSN
- 0022-1465
- eISSN
- 2150-6000
- Grant note
- P30 DA027827 / NIDA NIH HHS R49 CE003095 / NCIPC CDC HHS R01 HL118045 / NHLBI NIH HHS R01 AG055393 / NIA NIH HHS R01 HD080749 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2021
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984206658102771
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