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Stress-related growth: pre-intervention correlates and change following a resilience interventionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Correlates of stress-related growth and the effectiveness of a resilience intervention to enhance stress-related growth were examined. College students were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 31) and waiting list control (n = 33) groups. The intervention group received the psychoeducational intervention, Transforming Lives Through Resilience Education, in four weekly 2-hour sessions. Measures of personal, environmental and stressor characteristics, coping strategies, adjustment and stress-related growth were assessed. Multiple regressions revealed that pre-intervention self-esteem, self-leadership, hopeful coping and d...
Source: Stress and Health - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christyn L. Dolbier, Shanna Smith Jaggars, Mary A. Steinhardt Source Type: journals

Sleep consistency and sufficiency: are both necessary for less psychological strain?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study provided preliminary evidence that sleep as a technique for resource replenishment alone may not be enough to reduce psychological strain. Continued exploration of the potential resource-enhancement aspect of consistent sleep may be a fruitful avenue of stress management research. Much like other routine activities that have shown to increase self-regulatory strength, consistent sleep may serve as an effective strain intervention, thereby preventing negative acute and chronic health effects. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larissa K. Barber, David C. Munz, Patricia G. Bagsby, Eric D. Powell Source Type: journals

Acute stress disorder in the paediatric surgical children and adolescents injured during the Wenchuan earthquake in ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and symptoms of acute stress disorder (ASD) in the paediatric surgical children and adolescents injured during the Wenchuan earthquake in China. One hundred eighteen children and adolescent inpatients were surveyed by the ASD scale (ASDS) within 1 month of the earthquake. Using the validated ASDS score above cut-off threshold levels, the incidence of ASD in this sample was 54.3 per cent. The morbidity of ASD were 56.1, 24.6 and 19.3 per cent in the child, in the early adolescent and in the middle adolescent, respectively. There was no significant difference amo...
Source: Stress and Health - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kezhi Liu, Xuemei Liang, Lanting Guo, Yuan Li, Xirong Li, Bo Xin, Mingjin Huang, Yuanyuan Li Source Type: journals

The responses to stress questionnaire: construct validity and prediction of depressive and social anxiety symptoms in a sample of Chinese adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the current study was to develop a Chinese version of the Responses to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ-C) and to evaluate its reliability and validity. The original version of the RSQ was back-translated into Chinese and administered to a sample of students recruited from two middle schools in Hunan, China. The final sample consisted of 1068 adolescents (49.9% males and 50.1% females). Participants' ages ranged from 14 to 20 (M = 16.47 years, standard deviation = 1.02). The RSQ-C exhibited moderate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha was 0.87), and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients ...
Source: Stress and Health - October 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jing Xiao, Shuqiao Yao, Xiongzhao Zhu, Chenchen Zhang, Randy P. Auerbach, Chad M. McWhinnie, John R. Z. Abela Source Type: journals

Impact of integrative restoration (iRest) meditation on perceived stress levels in multiple sclerosis and cancer outpatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stress is a common occurrence in many chronically ill patients, and researchers are calling for cost-effective stress-reduction interventions. Meditation techniques have demonstrated a host of benefits for chronically ill patients. The present study examined the effects of a 6-week Yoga Nidra meditation programme on perceived stress in multiple sclerosis and cancer patients. Overall stress was significantly reduced over the course of the programme. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - October 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mary Pritchard, Patt Elison-Bowers, Bobbie Birdsall Source Type: journals

The benefits of meditation vis-à-vis emotional intelligence, perceived stress and negative mental healthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper evaluates the benefits of meditation in regard to emotional intelligence (EI), perceived stress and negative mental health with cross-sectional and experimental studies. It first studied 351 full-time working adults with different amounts of experience in meditation for these factors in order to test the hypothesis that their differences in them were based on differences in meditation experience, and found that those participants with greater meditation experience exhibited higher EI, and less perceived stress and negative mental health than those who had less or none. It then randomly divided 20 graduate studen...
Source: Stress and Health - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Li-Chuan Chu Source Type: journals

Women's perceived frequency of disturbing interruptions and its relationship to self-rated health and satisfaction with life as a wholeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Daily occupations form a pattern dominated by a few main occupations intertwined with hidden occupations. A third category is denoted unexpected occupations or minor events that interrupt the rhythm of main and hidden occupations. The phenomenon of unexpected occupations can be interpreted as an illustration of interruptions in daily life or daily minor stressors. The study aimed to investigate women's perceived frequency of such disturbing interruptions, and possible relationships with their self-rated health and satisfaction with life as a whole. The study included 202 women aged 38 years, and 286 women aged 50 years who...
Source: Stress and Health - September 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lena-Karin Erlandsson, Cecilia Björkelund, Lauren Lissner, Carita Håkansson Source Type: journals

Does loyalty protect Chinese workers from stress? The role of affective organizational commitment in the Greater China RegionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this research was to test the direct and moderating effects of affective organizational commitment (AOC) on the work stressors - job satisfaction relationship among employees in the Greater China Region. A self-administered survey was conducted to collect data from three major cities in the region, namely Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei (n = 380). Three most important work stressors were assessed: heavy workload, lack of work autonomy and interpersonal conflict. We found that both work stressors and AOC were related to job satisfaction. Specifically, heavy workload, lack of autonomy and interpersonal conflict were...
Source: Stress and Health - September 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Luo Lu, Oi-Ling Siu, Chang-Qin Lu Source Type: journals

Maternal psychological well-being and salivary cortisol in late pregnancy and early post-partumEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Maternal cortisol plays an important role in foetal development and is often used to measure stress. In addition to stress, prenatal and post-partum women experience a mix of positive and negative emotions. However, few studies have examined the relationship between cortisol and maternal psychological health or how these relationships change from the prenatal to the post-partum periods. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between maternal cortisol and stress, happiness, and depression components of psychological well-being, in late pregnancy and early post-partum. The study used a repeated measure de...
Source: Stress and Health - September 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ching-Yu Cheng, Rita H. Pickler Source Type: journals

Burnout, coping and job satisfaction in service staff treating opioid addicts - from Athens to ZurichEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Treatment-systems Research on European Addiction Treatment study (TREAT-project) is a longitudinal multicenter study on predominantly opioid-dependent patients and their health-care system in six European cities. As part of the examination of the drug services, this study evaluates level of burnout, coping strategies, perceived self-efficacy and job satisfaction among health-care workers treating opioid addicts. Employees were recruited from organizations in Athens, London, Padua, Stockholm, Zurich and Essen. The Maslach burnout inventory, Brief COPE, general self-efficacy questionnaire and a job satisfaction scale wer...
Source: Stress and Health - September 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Reissner Volker, Baune Bernhard, Kokkevi Anna, Schifano Fabrizio, Room Robin, Palm Jessica, Stohler Rudolf, DiFuria Lucia, Rehm Jürgon, Hölscher Franz, Schwarzer Christine, Scherbaum Norbert Source Type: journals

Psychophysiological characteristics of women suffering from stress-related fatigueEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stress-related fatigue has been attributed to excessive sympathetic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation, but findings have been equivocal as to whether the HPA axis or the autonomic nervous system (ANS) are affected in this condition and how. Whether task performance deficits are associated with this condition is also uncertain. The present study investigated possible differences between women with stress-related fatigue and healthy women in heart rate variability (HRV) and other autonomic and respiratory measures, task performance and in salivary cortisol response to awakening. Thirty-s...
Source: Stress and Health - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erik M. G. Olsson, Walton T. Roth, Lennart Melin Source Type: journals

Moderating effects of DRD2 on depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study examined whether a dopamine receptor gene (DRD2) TaqIA polymorphism and a serotonin transporter polymorphism (5HTTLPR) moderate the effects of stressful life events on depression, and whether these interaction effects vary by type of stressor. In addition, individuals' responses to stressful life circumstances might vary by genotype, gender, and/or race. A sample of 2,023 participants from waves II and III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) submitted buccal cells for genotyping and completed self-report surveys that inquired about their victimization and depressive sympto...
Source: Stress and Health - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jamie Vaske, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Danielle Boisvert, Matthew Makarios Source Type: journals

Psychological distress and collision involvement among adult driversEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study examines the impact of psychological distress on the likelihood of reporting collision involvement in the preceding year. Two measures of psychological distress were obtained from the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): depression-anxiety and social functioning.Data are based on the 2002-2004 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Monitor (36 months), a repeated cross-sectional telephone survey of Ontario adults aged 18 and older (n = 4935). Logistic regression analyses were performed on collision involvement within the past 12 months with the measures of depression-anxiety, social functioning ...
Source: Stress and Health - August 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert E. Mann, Mark Asbridge, Gina Stoduto, Reginald G. Smart, David S. Goldbloom, Evelyn R. Vingilis, Christine M. Wickens Source Type: journals

Chewing gum, stress and healthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hollingworth described chewing gum as 'a technique of relaxation'. Recent research has examined this issue and there is evidence that chewing gum can prevent the adverse effects of acute stress. There are also plausible biological mechanisms that could explain such effects. It is now important to examine chewing gum and chronic stress and the present study involved a survey of this topic. The survey covered the 'stress process', collecting data on exposure to stressful events, levels of perceived stress and health outcomes. Frequency of chewing gum was also recorded. Potential confounding factors (demographics, personality...
Source: Stress and Health - July 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrew Paul Smith Source Type: journals

Stress and well-beingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Given the world economic crisis over the last year, the fields of stress and well-being have taken off as significant focal points of research attention in the psychological and medical sciences. For example, the UK government's Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing, which was launched in October 2008, explored how one's mental capital is enhanced or depleted throughout the life course through numerous international science reviews (Cooper, Field, Goswami, Jenkins, & Sahakian, 2009), and ultimately by evidence-based policies and interventions. The European Union has similar projects on work and well-being, as d...
Source: Stress and Health - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cary L. Cooper Source Type: journals

Traumatic events, perceived stress and health in women with fibromyalgia and healthy controlsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the relationship between trauma, stress and health in 41 women with fibromyalgia (FM) and 44 women who were healthy controls (HC). The participants were assessed for traumatic events, perceived stress and mental and physical health. Perceived stress was related to worse mental and physical health in both groups. Traumatic events were related to worse mental and physical health in the FM group but were unrelated to health in the HC group. Perceived stress partially mediated the effect of traumatic events on mental and physical health in the FM group. Finally, adult abuse partially mediated the effects of...
Source: Stress and Health - July 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bruce W. Smith, Zsuzsanna Z. Papp, Erin M. Tooley, Erica Q. Montague, Amanda E. Robinson, Cynthia J. Cosper Source Type: journals

Role overload and underload in relation to occupational stress and healthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most research on work stress has focused on the concept of role overload, or too many job demands, as opposed to role underload, or too few job demands. Therefore, the present study was carried out to determine if different levels of job demands may be differentially associated with job-related stress as well as with various health outcomes. Specifically, in the present study, we used data from the Eurobarometer Survey on Working Conditions (n = 16,000) to investigate whether role overload and underload resulted in different negative health outcomes. We also examined to see whether different job characteristics, such as ha...
Source: Stress and Health - July 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kenneth S. Shultz, Mo Wang, Deborah A. Olson Source Type: journals

The acute stress disorder in the paediatric surgical children and adolescents injured in the Wenchuan earthquake of ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and the symptoms of acute stress disorder (ASD) in the paediatric surgical children and adolescents injured in the Wenchuan earthquake of China. One hundred and eighteen children and adolescent inpatients were surveyed by the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) within 1 month of the earthquake. Using the validated ASDS score above cut-off threshold levels, the incidence of ASD in this sample was 54.3 per cent. The morbidity of ASD were 56.1, 24.6 and 19.3 per cent in the child group, in the early adolescent group and in the middle adolescent group, respectively....
Source: Stress and Health - June 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kezhi Liu, Xuemei Liang, Lanting Guo, Yuan Li, Xirong Li, Bo Xin, Mingjin Huang, Yuanyuan Li Source Type: journals

Work stress and depression: the direct and moderating effects of informal social support and copingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article investigated the relationship between job stressors and employee mental health (depression). It also examined the direct and moderating effects of informal social support (objective and subjective) and coping (active coping, overeating and drinking, passivity, and distancing) on the relationships. Survey data were collected from 843 employees in eight types of domestic- and foreign-invested enterprises in China. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that increased exposure to job stressors was directly associated with higher levels of depression. Subjective informal social support and passivity were found ...
Source: Stress and Health - June 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wei-Qing Chen, Oi-Ling Siu, Jia-Fang Lu, Cary L. Cooper, David R. Phillips Source Type: journals

Mental health and quality of life among doctors, nurses and other hospital staffEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, the management teams of hospitals should pay more attention to the mental condition of all hospital staff, especially nurses and pharmacists. Adequate staffing, support, counselling or psychological intervention are required for further management, and may logically result in better mental health on the part of the staff and a better quality of care. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - June 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jian-An Su, Hsu-Huei Weng, Hin-Yeung Tsang, Jhen-Long Wu Source Type: journals

Treatment of bipolar illness. Robert M. Post, M.D. and Gabriele S. Leverich, L.C.S.W., B.C.D., 2008. Published by W.W Norton & Company, Inc., New York. ISBN 13: 978-0-393-70537-9. Hardcover: 666 pagesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Stress and Health - April 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Onrawee Khongsombat, Cai Song Source Type: journals

A person-focused analysis of resilience resources and coping in patients with diabetesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the resilience resources and coping profiles of patients with diabetes. A total of 145 patients with diabetes completed a questionnaire packet including two measurements of coping (COPE and Coping Styles Questionnaires) and personal resources. Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) was also assessed. Resilience was defined by a factor score derived from measures of self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-mastery and optimism. All of the maladaptive coping subscales were negatively associated with resilience (r's range from -0.34 to -0.56, all p values are (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - March 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joyce P. Yi-Frazier, Ronald E. Smith, Peter P. Vitaliano, Jean C. Yi, Scarlett Mai, Matthew Hillman, Katie Weinger Source Type: journals

Stress and the global recessionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Stress and Health - March 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cary L. Cooper Source Type: journals

Persons with AIDS and their support persons: stress and life satisfactionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of historical family functioning, family stress, coping, perceived impact of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and health stress upon the life satisfaction of persons with AIDS (PWAs) and their support persons. Utilizing Family Stress Theory, a survey research design was employed involving 114 PWAs and 114 support persons. Historical family functioning was indirectly related to life satisfaction as mediated by family coping. Current family stress was indirectly related to life satisfaction as mediated by perception of stress. Female support persons experienced...
Source: Stress and Health - February 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carol Anderson Darling, Spencer B. Olmstead, Cornelius Tiggleman Source Type: journals

Employee perceptions of fairness as predictors of workers' compensation claims for psychological injury: an Australian case-control studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Compensation claims for psychological injury are often expensive and slow to resolve; thus, employers, as well as health professionals, need to understand the predisposing circumstances. Australian workers suffering from work-related stress may apply for compensable leave and treatment costs under the category of 'psychological injury'. Little is known about the predictors of such claims, but one might expect psychological vulnerability in terms of negative affectivity to distinguish workers who lodge psychological injury claims. In a large longitudinal study of white-collar workers, after comparing claimants with non-clai...
Source: Stress and Health - February 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Helen R. Winefield, Judith Saebel, Anthony H. Winefield Source Type: journals

Peer and inmate aggression, type D-personality and post-traumatic stress among Dutch prison workersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the adverse effects of exposure to inmate or peer aggression, type D-personality and their interactions on post-traumatic stress reactions among a sample of prison workers. The basic tenet of type D-personality is that not so much the experience of negative emotions per se is responsible for negative health consequences, but rather the way individuals cope with such emotions. Many studies have revealed diverse adverse health outcomes of type D-personality, particularly among cardiac patients. However, the moderating effect of social inhibition has never been statistically examined in other populatio...
Source: Stress and Health - February 4, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maarten J. J. Kunst, Stefan Bogaerts, Frans W. Winkel Source Type: journals

Life context and the experience of chronic illness: is the stress of life associated with illness perceptions and coping?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stress resulting from the broader life context (life stress) is involved in the development and progress of many diseases, as well as in the adjustment to chronic illness. It may also be associated with the specific ways patients perceive and respond to illness. In this respect, the purpose of this study was to examine the possible relationships between life stress, and illness-related perceptions and coping. A cross-sectional design was employed. Participants completed measures regarding life stress, illness perceptions, illness-related coping and restrictions imposed by the illness. One hundred and one chronically ill ou...
Source: Stress and Health - February 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Evangelos C. Karademas, Nikolaos Karamvakalis, Aristides Zarogiannos Source Type: journals

Psychotraumatology in antiquityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From antiquity onwards, chroniclers have reported cases of agitation or stupor sometimes associated with terrifying nightmares. Responses during the impact of a traumatic experience have attracted attention: terror, confusion and disorganized behaviour during the fire of Rome; the numbness of Patroclus, and loss of bowel and bladder control among warriors. The same applies to the most obvious post-traumatic responses: the recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of Gilgamesh, the dreams of battle in De Natura Rerum and the dissociative episodes concerning Marius. Although symptoms of re-experience are perfectly de...
Source: Stress and Health - January 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Philippe J. Birmes, Eric Bui, Rémy Klein, Julien Billard, Laurent Schmitt, Charlotte Allenou, Nicolas Job, Christophe Arbus Source Type: journals

Participant experiences of a written emotional disclosure intervention in asthmaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stress has been associated with the exacerbation of asthma symptoms. Written emotional disclosure (WED) is a potentially cheap, low-risk intervention that may reduce stress and improve lung function in patients with asthma. The aims of this study were to explore asthma patients' subjective experiences of completing a WED exercise and the feasibility of conducting the intervention unsupervised in participants' homes. The data were collected during the pilot for a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of WED in adults with asthma. Thirty-six participants completed the writing exercises, and 28 participants (13 exp...
Source: Stress and Health - January 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alice Theadom, Helen Smith, Rob Horne, Richard Bowskill, Christian J. Apfelbacher, Anthony J Frew Source Type: journals

Burnout and light treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions can only be preliminary due to the small sample size, but they are encouraging nevertheless. Replication in a study with a larger sample size is desirable. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - January 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Y. Meesters, M. Waslander Source Type: journals

Life stress and coping styles related to cognition in systemic lupus erythematosusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We compared the frequency of life stress and coping styles using self-report measures in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy controls. We also explored the relationship between cognition, life stress and coping. Thirty-one SLE patients with overt neuropsychiatric (NPSLE) symptoms, 22 SLE patients without overt neuropsychiatric (non-NPSLE) symptoms and 25 healthy controls completed measures of cognition, life events and coping skills. SLE patients (NP and non-NP) showed greater use of negative, disengaging coping scales (p = 0.002) and more negative life stress events over the past 6 months (p = 0.0...
Source: Stress and Health - January 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Kozora, Misoo C. Ellison, Sterling West Source Type: journals

EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Stress and Health - January 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cary L. Cooper Source Type: journals

Effects of a cognitive stress challenge on myocardial perfusion and plasma cortisol in coronary heart disease patients with depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although it is well established that coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with depression exhibit increased mortality compared with equally ill cardiac patients without depression, the mechanisms mediating this effect remain obscure. Depression is characterized by vulnerability to stress and heightened stress responsiveness, and stress can theoretically act through several biological pathways to contribute to excess mortality from CHD. Mechanisms connecting stress, depression and cardiovascular mortality have not been previously explored in detail. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of stress and depressi...
Source: Stress and Health - January 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James Douglas Bremner, Faiz A. Cheema, Ali Ashraf, Nadeem Afzal, Negar Fani, Lai Reed, Dominique L. Musselman, James C. Ritchie, Tracy Faber, John R. Votaw, Charles B. Nemeroff, Viola Vaccarino Source Type: journals

Role conflicts, emotional exhaustion and health problems: a study of police officers in TaiwanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study focused on the role conflicts faced by police officers in Taiwan and investigated the relationship between role conflicts, emotional exhaustion and health problems based on the job demands and resources model (JD-R model). Firstly, in addition to work-family conflict, an inter-role conflict, this study identified an intrasender role conflict for police officers called uncompromising-friendly conflict. Secondly, according to the JD-R model, it was hypothesized that emotional exhaustion has a complete mediation effect on the relationships between role conflicts and health problems. The survey data in Huang's study...
Source: Stress and Health - January 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chia-huei Wu Source Type: journals

Gender differences in experiencing occupational stress: the role of age, education and marital statusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, we examine gender differences in occupational stress, taking into consideration the role of marital status, age and education. Results from a sample of 2775 professionals suggest that women experience higher levels of occupational stress than men. Nevertheless, when marital status, age and education were introduced in the equation, no significant gender differences were identified. Implications and future research directions are discussed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - January 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Galanakis Michael, Stalikas Anastasios, Kallia Helen, Karagianni Catherine, Karela Christine Source Type: journals

Perceived stress, coping and night-eating in college studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study investigated the role of coping in the relationship between perceived stress and night-eating syndrome (NES) in college students. Participants were 95 undergraduates 18 to 29 years of age, and predominantly female and white or Caucasian. Anonymous paper-and-pencil surveys were completed on campus to measure NES, coping styles and level of perceived stress. Significant associations were found between perceived stress and NES ([beta] = 0.259, p < 0.05), perceived stress and maladaptive coping ([beta] = 0.575, p < 0.001) and maladaptive coping and NES ([beta] = 0.252, p < 0.05). Mediation analyses indicate t...
Source: Stress and Health - January 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jatturong R. Wichianson, Stephanie A. Bughi, Jennifer B. Unger, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Selena T. Nguyen-Rodriguez Source Type: journals

The association between stress, self-esteem and childhood acceptance in nursing and pharmacy students: a comparative cross-cultural analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The proposition that stress level is affected by self-esteem development, for which acceptance from others in childhood is a key issue, was tested in two health care professions. The sample was 131 from nursing studies and 91 from pharmacy studies at a university in London, and 344 from nursing and 976 from pharmacy in Tokyo. Levels of stress were measured with the Perceived Stress Scale, self-esteem with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and childhood acceptance with the Parental Nurturance Scale. The data were analysed in terms of levels of and causal path between stress, self-esteem and childhood acceptance. The proposed ...
Source: Stress and Health - December 19, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chizu Mimura, Trevor Murrells, Peter Griffiths Source Type: journals

Dealing with a 'hidden stressor': emotional disclosure as a coping strategy to overcome the negative effects of motive incongruence on healthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Taking the affiliation motive as an example, present research examines whether the negative effects of implicit-explicit motive incongruence on health is moderated by emotional disclosure. Starting from the point of view that motive incongruence works as a chronic stressor and therefore causes impairment of health, we predicted that participants who use the stress-reducing coping strategy of emotional disclosure should be less affected by the negative effects of motive incongruence on health than participants who do not use this stress-coping strategy. Two studies confirmed this hypothesis. Participants with affiliation mo...
Source: Stress and Health - December 12, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julia Schüler, Veronika Job, Stephanie M. Fröhlich, Veronika Brandstätter Source Type: journals

Dynamic changes in salivary cortisol and secretory immunoglobulin A response to acute stressEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Psychological stress leads to the secretion of cortisol. While this psychoneuroendocrine response helps to maintain physiological as well as psychological homeostasis under stress, exaggerated release of cortisol can suppress aspects of immune function and have negative effects on health. The present study set out to investigate the dynamic changes in salivary secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) and cortisol before and after acute stress, and to analyse the relationship between sIgA and cortisol trend. Thirty-five healthy subjects took part in this study. All subjects underwent an acute stress test (mental arithmetic task). ...
Source: Stress and Health - December 12, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yaxin Fan, Yiyuan Tang, Qilin Lu, Shigang Feng, Qingbao Yu, Danni Sui, Qingbai Zhao, Yinghua Ma, Song Li Source Type: journals

Job stress, job satisfaction and stress-related illnesses among South African educatorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between self-reported job stress and job satisfaction, and the prevalence of stress-related illnesses and risk factors among educators. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a representative sample of 21,307 educators from public schools in South Africa. Results indicate that the prevalence of stress-related illnesses were 15.6 per cent for hypertension, 9.1 per cent stomach ulcer, 4.5 per cent diabetes, 3.3 per cent minor mental distress, 3.1 per cent major mental distress and 3.5 per cent asthma. The study found considerably high stress levels among educators. Job...
Source: Stress and Health - December 11, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karl Peltzer, Olive Shisana, Khangelani Zuma, Brian Van Wyk, Nompumelelo Zungu-Dirwayi Source Type: journals

Obesity-associated stigma and physiological markers of stress: evidence from the Dominican RepublicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Social stigma is increasingly recognized as a cause of stress-induced pathophysiology. We tested the hypothesis that stigma is associated with obesity-related morbidity, using a cohort of subjects from the Dominican Republic who value fat bodies over thin ones. We surveyed 87 subjects from Batey Algodón - a small region in the Dominican Republic where obesity is not stigmatized. We obtained information on ideal body norms, perceptions of one's own body and self-rated health. We also measured height, weight, waist circumference and blood pressure. We then performed linear regression analyses to ascertain the extent to whic...
Source: Stress and Health - December 9, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Muennig, Kara Keating Bench Source Type: journals

Impulse Control Disorders, Jon E. Grant, 2008, Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, London, ISBN: 978-0-393-70521-8, Hardcover: 209 pagesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Stress and Health - November 12, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ye Zhang, Cai Song Source Type: journals

A prospective diary study of the role of psychological stress and negative mood in the recurrence of herpes simplex virus (HSV1)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological stress and negative mood and the recurrence of herpes simplex (HSV1). A range of standard, baseline measures of health and psychological well-being were collected from 20 participants who suffered from HSV1 recurrences (with a history of recent recurrence) and 18 matched controls. Longitudinal data was collected over a 16-week period using weekly diaries. Participants recorded weekly levels of psychological stress, negative mood, negative events and hassles and kept a weekly health record documenting the recurrence of HSV1 and the incidence of ...
Source: Stress and Health - November 11, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Faulkner, Andrew Smith Source Type: journals

Integrated assessment of emotional distress after work-related accidentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Work accidents can be traumatic events that might give rise to a variety of dysfunctional stress responses. An integrated assessment of stress responses after work-related trauma is considered as a valuable approach in clinical practice. The purpose of the present study was to assess affective adjustment after work-related accidents using a multidimensional assessment. Fourteen males who had experienced work-related accidents and 13 male controls were assessed using self-report instruments and the recording of skin conductance response and the startle reflex during the viewing of standardized trauma-related and trauma-unre...
Source: Stress and Health - November 11, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Caterina Novara, Giulia Buodo, Marta Ghisi, Silvia Poli, Dana Maria Bichescu, Ezio Sanavio, Daniela Palomba Source Type: journals

EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Stress and Health - November 11, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Graham D. Burrows Source Type: journals

Social problem solving in chronic fatigue syndrome: preliminary findingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper investigates social problem solving in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a condition characterized by reduced activity levels and excessive mental fatigue. Although intra- and inter-personal problems are prevalent, no studies have explored social problem-solving skills in this group. Patients were split into two groups: either high or low alexithymia, a condition associated with affect dysregulation. The high alexithymic group viewed problems as threatening, responding either impulsively or avoiding responding altogether; they were poor also in the use of compensatory strategies, which, taken together, increases t...
Source: Stress and Health - October 18, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gary Christopher, Marie Thomas Source Type: journals

Sources of stress and coping strategies of US soccer officialsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stress from officiating has been found to have a profound impact on official's mental health, attentional focus, performance, satisfaction with their profession and dropout intentions. Although some studies have been conducted regarding the frequency and intensity of the major sources of stress experienced by sport officials, no research has attempted to determine how sport officials cope or attempt to cope with these stressors. Through a national soccer official organization, questionnaire packets were administered to over 200 officials. Questionnaire packets included sources of stress and ways of coping questionnaires. T...
Source: Stress and Health - October 11, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mike Voight Source Type: journals

Stress and dietary quality in black adolescents in a metropolitan areaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated whether change in dietary quality among urban, black adolescents related to changes in the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Daily Hassles Microsystem Scale (DHMS) while controlling for household income. At two times 1 month apart, 25 adolescents completed a modified Adolescent Food Habits Checklist (AFHC), the PSS and the DHMS. Change scores from time 1 to time 2 for each measure were computed. AFHC change and PSS change had a significant, negative correlation (r = -0.458, p < 0.05), even when controlling for income (r = -0.585, p < 0.05). For girls, AFHC change and PSS change had a significant,...
Source: Stress and Health - October 10, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anthony W. Austin, Albert F. Smith, Stephen M. Patterson Source Type: journals

Stressors in the intensive care unit: comparing the perceptions of Chinese patients and their familyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aims to identify stressors in the ICU as perceived by the Chinese patients and their relatives. A convenience sample of 60 patients and 60 relatives was selected for this study. The Intensive Care Unit Stressor Questionnaire [Chinese] was tapped to collect the patients' perceptions of stressors. Their respective relatives were likewise asked to rate the stressors according to how they perceive the patients would rate them. A comparison between the two sets of questionnaires would reveal that the relatives evaluated the items to be more stressful than the actual perception of patients. The overall perceived stres...
Source: Stress and Health - October 9, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pounds S. K. Pang, Lorna K. P. Suen Source Type: journals

Interventions for critical incident stress in emergency medical services: a qualitative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Controversy over the use of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing leaves Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations with little direction in preventing sequelae of Critical Incident Stress (CIS) in their employees. Objectives of the study were to explore and describe Emergency Medical Technicians' (EMTs) experiences of critical incidents and views about potential interventions, in order to facilitate development of interventions that take into account EMS culture. We interviewed 60 EMT practitioners and supervisors, and examined interview transcripts using ethnographic content analysis. EMT practitioners want emotional s...
Source: Stress and Health - October 9, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janice Halpern, Maria Gurevich, Brian Schwartz, Paulette Brazeau Source Type: journals