Philippe Kerr
Université de Montréal
18 Papers
Philippe Kerr is an academic researcher from Université de Montréal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Allostatic load & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Sex Differences and Gender Diversity in Stress Responses and Allostatic Load Among Workers and LGBT People.
Robert-Paul Juster,Margot Barbosa de Torre,Philippe Kerr,Sarah Kheloui,Mathias Rossi,Olivier Bourdon +5 more
TL;DR: Recent findings that assess sex and gender in relation to the stress hormone cortisol and multi-systemic physiological dysregulation called allostatic load are summarized.
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Allostatic load and women's brain health: A systematic review.
TL;DR: First, men appear to have higher allostatic load than women and women show gender-specific variation for numerous factors such as age, race/ethnicity, adversities, social support, and health behaviors that influence associations between allostatics load and mental health.
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Sex/gender differences in cognitive abilities
Sarah Kheloui,S. Jacmin-Park,O. Larocque,Philippe Kerr,Mathias Rossi,Louis Cartier,Robert-Paul Juster +6 more
TL;DR: This narrative review synthesizes debates on sex/gender differences in cognitive abilities, highlighting the importance of transdisciplinary perspectives to understand how biological sex, socio-cultural gender, and sexual orientation shape cognitive abilities and individual differences in functioning.
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Sex/Gender and Allostatic Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Risk and Disease
Christophe Longpré-Poirier,Jade Dougoud,S. Jacmin-Park,Fadila Moussaoui,Joanna Vilme,Gabriel Desjardins,Louis Cartier,Enzo Ciprian,Philippe Kerr,Cécile Le Page,Robert-Paul Juster +10 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors argue that chronic stress and psychosocial factors might better encompass the patterns of allostatic load increases seen in women, while biological risk factors and unhealthy behaviours might be more important mechanisms that drive increased allostastic load in men.
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Occupational gender roles in relation to workplace stress, allostatic load, and mental health of psychiatric hospital workers.
Philippe Kerr,Margot Barbosa Da Torre,Charles-Édouard Giguère,Sonia J. Lupien,Robert-Paul Juster +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, structural equation models were used to investigate pathways linking layers of gendered factors to workplace stress, allostatic load, and mental health in a sample of psychiatric hospital workers.
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