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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Eustress"”.
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Development and validation of a leisure eustress-distress scale
… Also, a valid and reliable measurement scale of eustress is very limited, as none exists within the context of leisure. In order to fill this gap, this dissertation examined how older adults differently perceive their leisure related stressors. More specifically, the overall aim was to develop a …
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Distress or eustress – understanding the role of self-regulation in the context of leisure among older adults with chronic conditions
The student, Jaesung An, accepted the attached license on 2016-07-20 at 07:44.
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EFFECTS OF LEPTIN ON ESTABLISHED GLIOBLASTOMA CELL LINES
… stress in cancer progression. In animal models, eustress appears to slow tumor growth and recurrence resulting in increased overall survival and progression free survival while distress is associated with decreased overall survival. The cellular pathways activated by eustress were examined in …
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Motivation for sport spectating among the Taiwanese people
… sport spectatorship (self-esteem, entertainment, eustress, aesthetic, escape, group-affiliation, and family-togetherness) were examined. In addition, this study looked at the differences in spectating motivation between Taiwanese males and females. Surveys were administrated to 188 Taiwanese …
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Challenge and hinderance stressor appraisals, personal resources, and work engagement among k-12 teachers
… conceptualized as consisting of two factors, eustress, or good stress, and distress, or bad stress (Selye, 1956). The occupational stress literature identifies challenge stressors as those associated with favorable outcomes, and hindrance stressors as those associated with negative outcomes …
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Motivational Differences in Why Sports Fans Attend Minor League Baseball and Roller Derby Events
… roller derby fans would be more motivated by eustress, group affiliation and family factors at the event than Minor League baseball fans. It was also predicted that roller derby fans would be more curious about new sports than Minor League baseball fans. Results showed that Minor League …
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Understanding stress and health through the use of visual metaphor.
… and were less familiar with the notion of eustress. Study 2 further explored lay conceptualisation of stress and its links to health. Twenty-four workshop participants built metaphorical LEGO models of stress. Analysis of the models and their verbal descriptions revealed a set of …
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Differences in Levels of Sports Team Identification and Sports Fan Motivation Among American Indian and Caucasian University of North Dakota Students
… score higher on all SFMS subscales including: eustress, entertainment, family, self-esteem, group affiliation, economic, aesthetic, and escape. Data analyses were preformed using the SPSS 11.0 statistical package and included a descriptive analysis of all appropriate demographic variables and …
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Understanding stress : a focus on executive functions in Saudi Arabia : an exploratory study
… findings revealed four significant interrelated eustressful and distressful themes underpinning the basic executive functions of planning, organising, leading and controlling. These were related to information management, performance management, human resource management and strategic management. …
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Aspects of stress with particular reference to mytilid mussels and their parasites
… of stimuli effects, often interpreted as eustresses, show that assays covering distal as well as proximal effects and those that tend towards whole body integrations are more likely to detect the agent as deleterious. Thus any notion of positive deflections or eustress must be treated with …
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Towards a spectator loyalty model for soccer clubs in South Africa
… towards their clubs through factors such as eustress, self-esteem, escape, entertainment, aesthetic characteristics, group affiliation and family needs to be responsible for motivation leading to sport attendance. Further, it is recognised that loyalty drivers such as commitment, customer …