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 were to be analyzed by the researchers.

Information about the data: Due to unforeseen circumstances, sequencing/analysis of the saliva samples did not take place. Accordingly, no evaluable data was generated.

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