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Science Summary: High family stress can impact child's immune system


 * Research conducted by the school of Health Sciences of Jonkoping University and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Linkoping University in Sweden shows that the high family stress(p.318) can lead to the child's immune system being affected. The immune system is supposed to protect the body from bacteria and viruses, but when stress is overtaking the family, the immune system reacts to substances that are not supposed to be bothered which leads to the immune system getting damaged. Children in the high stress families also tend to form poor immune systems when <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent ! important; border: medium none ! important; display: inline-block ! important; float: none ! important; font-weight: bold ! important; height: auto ! important; margin: 0px ! important; min-height: 0px ! important; min-width: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important; text-indent: 0px ! important; text-transform: uppercase ! important; vertical-align: baseline ! important; width: auto ! important;">[[image:http://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png height="10"]] approach(p.318), such as a close family member dying. This can greatly affect a child and cause personal damage to them, especially if they are young because they do not completely understand the cycle of life . This causes the child to get a high level of cortisol which is a biological marker of stress. Even though there is no evidence to prove the theory that stress in high stress families can lead to affecting the child's immune system, it does not mean it isn't true, which reminds me of Barrett's Law #10, Lack of evidence doesn't mean it's false. Although this problem doesn't have a full explanation or solution, I think more research and even an experiment is necessary for it.**

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Expertsvar. (2014, February 19). High family stress can impact child's <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent ! important; border: medium none ! important; display: inline-block ! important; float: none ! important; font-weight: bold ! important; height: auto ! important; margin: 0px ! important; min-height: 0px ! important; min-width: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important; text-indent: 0px ! important; text-transform: uppercase ! important; vertical-align: baseline ! important; width: auto ! important;">. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 26, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140219075209.htm

Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. // Mastering the World of Psychology //. Fourth ed. Boston: Pearson/ Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print

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