Epigenetic Markers of Stress

Short Description: We want to study whether the psychological distress caused by socio-economic factors is also related to epigenetic markers of stress and whether the biological adaptation to an adverse environment is a limiting factor that prevents the individual from breaking the vicious cycle of socio-economic- and chronic psychological stress.

Methodological Details: 25 self-report items on stress symptoms (Subclinical Stress Symptome Questionnaire, SSQ-25), e.g, “I could not get up because I was exhausted” and “I was quickly annoyed, irritable, or moody”. In addition, saliva samples were taken and analyzed by the researchers.

Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Roland Weierstall, Medical School Hamburg [E-Mail]	2015	~5130	inno	stress18, stress21, salivai, saliva1, stress8, stress22, im_sal, salivaev1, im_st, salivae, stress5, stress4, stress24, stress14, stress12, stress15, stress16, stress3, stress17, stress2, stress19, stress11, stress9, stress23, salivaev, stress1, stress10, stress7, stress25, stress20, stress6, stress13, saliva2	04/2018	Psychology	Survey items