responses and events that can lead to cardiovascular dysfunction. On the other hand, chronic stressors can accelerate the atherosclerotic processes and lead to more rapid progression of disease (Brotman et al. 2007). Similarly, mental health research reveals that major stressful life events (that require a lot of change in usual activities) lead to the onset of psychopathology, while minor stressful experiences play a role in the recurrence and severity of psychopathology (Dohrenwend 2006). Future research on discrimination and health needs to pay greater attention to matching the measure of discriminatory experience with the presumed disease process.
