Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a reliable correlate of poor physical health. Rather than
treat SES as a covariate, health psychology has increasingly focused on the
psychobiological pathways that inform understanding why SES is related to physical health.
This review assesses the status of research that has examined stress and its associated
distress, and social and personal resources as pathways. It highlights work on biomarkers
and biological pathways related to SES that can serve as intermediate outcomes in future�…