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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Mental stress"”.
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Wearable Solutions for Acute Mental Stress Assessment and Mitigation
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Anger Expression, Harassment, and Evaluation: Cardiovascular Reactivity and Recovery to Mental Stress
… as well as to cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stressors likely to give rise to CHD. A potential moderating influence discussed in the CVR literature concerns the issue of anger provocation, whereas assessment of the ability to evaluate the source of provocation may moderate the recovery …
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The Effect of Obesity on IL-1β, IL-1Ra, and Leptin Following Acute Mental Stress
… Risk factors, such as obesity and psychological stress, should be studied in order to understand contributing factors for CVD and the cellular mechanisms which link risk factors with the development of disease. Specifically, the combined influence of multiple risk factors on inflammation is of …
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EFFECTS OF ACUTE NORMOBARIC HYPOXIA DURING EXERCISE AND CONCURRENT MENTAL STRESS ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN HEALTHY ATHLETES
… are individually recognized as physiological stressors that challenge cardiovascular homeostasis through mechanisms orchestrated by medullary cardiovascular control centers. During physical exertion, the activation of the “exercise pressor reflex” facilitates systemic adjustments to preserve …
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Socioeconomic aspects of lifestyle and women's health: a primary care and population perspective
… trends in physical activity, well-being and mental stress in relation to socioeconomic position in middle-aged women. Methods: I (n=309) was a cross-sectional study. From medical records we compared growth and development of overweight/obesity among 4-year-old children in two socioeconomic …
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The Family Process Model: Predicting Youth Behavior Problems in Mexican American, African American, and European American Families
Research in developmental psychology suggests that economic hardship affects youth indirectly via its negative impact on several family processes. Specifically, parents' mental well-being, family relations, and ultimately parenting, can be adversely affected by the strain of economic hardship and …
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Acute arterial responses to physiological and psychological stress
… effects of acute physiological and psychological stress on indices of arterial function. During likely elevation of sympathetic outflow following isometric exercise, indices of conduit and central artery function indicated stiffening in excess of 10%. During and following acute mental stress the …
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The Gendered Health Effect of Intimate Task Performance on Spousal Caregivers
… for their spouses, wives report higher levels of mental stress, depression, and general frustration (Swinkles et al., 2017; Polenick and DePasquale 2019). Caregiving literature is unclear on why a gender difference exists regarding stress or burden when husbands and wives are largely performing …
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Potential relations between extraversion and cardiovascular reactivity during laboratory stressors
… relation between cardiovascular reactivity to stress and the behaviors of individuals classified as either "extraverts" or "introverts." Although experimental psychophysiological studies have been conducted to examine the relation between extraversion and physiological arousal, little is known …
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Psychological wellbeing and engagement of architects in South Africa: the role of job conditions and job security
… industry has generally been suffering from mental stress issues as a result of a variety of stressors imposed on the employees, resulting in unhealthy behavioural habits, physical symptoms of burnout, chronic stress, and depression. Schedule constraints, challenging job conditions, and a …
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Untersuchung zur Prävalenz und zum Verlauf posttraumatischer Stressreaktionen bei Patienten mit Tumorerkrankung
… event for the patients and is a potential stressor for the development of post-traumatic stress disorders. This circumstance is complicated by the fact that a cancer illness does not present an isolated event, but is a persistent stressor. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence …
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Bringing MEG towards clinical applications
… In this work, theoretical and experimental methods are detailed for on-scalp and conventional MEG studies of neural activations that are generally relevant to neuroscience research and clinical applications. As such, we bring MEG a step closer to becoming a routinely used clinical …
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Interactions between training load, submaximal heart rate, and performance in endurance runners
… scientists need to have a holistic view of stress exposure and how this affects the body. Although we can only speculate, when the participants had a poor performance it may have been due to factors such as lack of motivation, fatigue, mental stress, dehydration, and/or sleep deprivation. It …
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Internationalization at home : English-medium instruction practices at sino-foreign cooperative universities
… Another significant finding is that the mental stress caused by the EMI dual goals of acquiring subject content knowledge and improving English proficiency is not negligible. Such mental health problems may be exacerbated by the pandemic-related regulations in China during the Covid-19 …
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A study of the cultural appropriateness of service delivery models in the Australian mental health system
… to examine the cultural appropriateness of the mental health system in relation to the Vietnamese refugee community in Australia. Culture and mental health, as widely acknowledged in the field of transcultural psychiatry, are closely linked. No aspect of the diagnosis or treatment methods can be …
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Models of self governance and workplace democracy: a comparison of select orchestras in Germany, the U.S. and U.K
… affects employee commitment and motivation, less mental stress for musicians because they have a legitimate voice in organizational affairs, a sense of common purpose that "we are all on the same team, pulling in the same direction," rewards are more collective than individual so everyone shares …
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Life style intervention in primary care and aspects on stroke prevention
… waist-hip-ratio (WHR), blood pressure, perceived mental stress and low education at baseline were selected. Association with atrial fibrillation (AF), diabetes and myocardial infarction was tested as survival time free from stroke. Results: Subjects with less favorable life style chose to …
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Effects of sleep deprivation on autonomic nervous system
… increased LF area could reflect an increased stress level and acts as a predictor of cardiovascular events. Sleep deprivation can cause negative effects on cognitive performance especially at the beginning state of the cognitive task. The LF area of BPV did not change significantly in the …
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