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Showing 1 to 20 of 130 for “"Psychological Stress"”.

  1. Acute arterial responses to physiological and psychological stress

    Davies, Thomas SebastianUniversity of Birmingham2011

    … examine the 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 …

    birmingham Repository record

  2. Computer-Conducted Assessment of Life-Change Psychological Stress

    Blankenship, Larry LeeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:54:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7624045.pdf: 4066645 bytes, checksum: 74120d0da83b84e13b36c6724fd4b47f (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976

    uiuc Repository record

  3. Expressions of psychological stress on Twitter: detection and characterisation

    Gopalakrishna Pillai, ReshmiUniversity of Wolverhampton2021

    Long-term psychological stress is a significant predictive factor for individual mental health and short-term stress is a useful indicator of an immediate problem. Traditional psychology studies have relied on surveys to understand reasons for stress in general and in specific contexts. The …

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  4. The Effect of Psychological Stress on Complex Task Performance.

    Rumore, Mary Christine

    … in complex behaviors under various degrees of psychological stress. Performance efficiency may vary depending on the individual's level of arousal, and high levels of psychological stress might adversely affect task performance. The pervasiveness and importance of the effects of psychological …

    uab Repository record

  5. The impact of acute psychological stress on spatial cognition

    Attwood, Carmela BonitoDepartment of Psychology2008

    … was to investigate the effects of psychosocial stress (and consequent cortisol increase) on spatial cognition and verbal memory in men and women. One group of 33 participants (16 males and 17 females) were exposed to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST; Kirschbaum, Pirke, & Hellhammer, 1993), a …

    cape-town Repository record

  6. Acute Psychological Stress and Food Intake in Humans: A Scoping Review

    Clause-Walford, DrewFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina2021

    In response to stress, stress-sensitive systems, including the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, are activated to enable the individual to engage in the fight-or-flight response resulting in catecholamine (e.g., epinephrine and …

    regina Repository record

  7. An examination of psychological stress and its effects on the mitochondrial DNA

    Mirzadeh, Parsa2023

    Background: With improvements in cellular stress measurement, current findings firmly implicate mitochondrial activity in cell stress reactions. Recent studies have highlighted the effects of psychological stress on mitochondria in terms of oxidative deterioration and crisis signalling. However, …

    york Repository record

  8. Psychological stress reaction, coping strategies, and health promotion lifestyles among hospital nurses.

    Vines, Wilma Ruth

    uab Repository record

  9. The impact of acute psychological stress on declarative and working memory functioning

    Human, RobynDepartment of Psychology2010

    Previous research has shown that stress affects processing in many different memory systems. This study aimed to investigate the effects of acute psychosocial stress on declarative memory (DM) and working memory (WM) performance, and to explore whether sex differences exist under stress in these …

    cape-town Repository record

  10. THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN ALTERING THE HUMORAL RESPONSE TO CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION.

    LAUREN. LAWSON (8000441)1980

    THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN ALTERING THE HUMORAL RESPONSE TO CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION.

    uic

  11. CD8+ lymphocyte and progenitor cell mobilization during acute psychological stress and betaadrenergic stimulation

    Riddell, Natalie E.University of Birmingham2010

    This thesis investigated the effect of acute psychological stress and \(\beta\)-adrenergic receptor (\(\beta\)AR) stimulation on the mobilization of CD8+ T lymphocytes (CD8TLs) and progenitor cell (PC) populations. Chapter 2 demonstrated that CD8TL stress- and \(\beta\)AR- sensitivity increases in …

    birmingham Repository record

  12. Psychological Stress and Coping in Adolescent Muslim New Zealanders: A Key Informant Perspective

    Ali, AaminaResearchSpace@Auckland2019

    … are likely to experience additional psychosocial stressors. The present research sought to explore the stressors, coping resources, and underlying systemic issues that impact on the wellbeing of young Muslims in New Zealand. This thesis describes the findings of a thematic analysis of interviews …

    auckland-ms Repository record

  13. The effect of psychological stress procedures on the coagulation system in the albino rat

    Mogenson, Gordon JamesUniversity of Saskatchewan1956

    … in the blood coagulation system as a result of psychological stress procedures appears to be rather limited. Apart from the work of Cannon about forty years ago, and more recent clinical observations, the accumulated experimental findings in this area are few. However, each of the separate …

    sask Repository record

  14. Psychological Stress and High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels in Overweight and Obese Men

    Moses, Olivia L.

    … independent marker for coronary heart disease. Psychological stress also affects the immune system and influences the inflammatory response. Ladwig, et al (2003) found a significant positive association between hs-CRP levels and depression (F=4.9, p^.008) in 726 obese males, even after adjusting …

    loma-linda Repository record

  15. The impacts of psychological stress on innate-like invariant T cell survival, phenotype, and function

    Rudak, PatrickThe University of Western Ontario2021

    … regulation of immune responses. Consequently, psychological stress can result in immunosuppressive states that are conducive to the development of infection and cancer. Yet, whether stress impacts the functions of innate-like T lymphocytes including invariant natural killer T (iNKT) and …

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  16. Daily Correspondence Between Psychological Stress And Blood Glucose Among Women With Type I Diabetes Mellitus.

    Aikens, James Edwin

    uab Repository record

  17. Investigating The Effects Of Obesity On Cardiovascular Reactivity And Recovery From Acute Physical And Psychological Stress

    Burch, Ashley Elizabeth2019

    … dysfunction. By operationalizing chronic stress as obesity, we sought to explore the relationship between obesity and cardiovascular responses to laboratory stressors, including recovery from stress. Further, we examined five adiposity measures to determine which were most related to …

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  18. The effects of acute aerobic exercise on cardiovascular reactivity in response to psychological stress in trained cyclists

    Palmer, Virginia SueVirginia Tech1992

    … aerobic exercise on cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress. Twenty-four trained male cyclists (aged 19-26) from local cycling teams and clubs in the Blacksburg, Virginia area participated in this exercise study. These subjects cycled a minimum of 4 times per week, 30 minutes per session …

    vt Repository record

  19. Effects of modeling and ongoing psychological stress on learning performance and state anxiety of high test anxious students

    Bloomfield, Douglass R.Virginia Tech1978

    … with high test anxious female subjects who were psychologically stressed at the time that they observed the model. Using the number of correct responses per trial and the number of trials to criterion in a serial list learning task as a dependent measure. A 2 (stress - high and low) x 3 (model …

    vt Repository record

  20. ACCULTURATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AMONG THE NORTHERN CREE AND SAULTEAUX OF MANITOBA WITH REFERENCE TO GROUP IDENTIFICATION AND DIFFERENTIATION.

    SIKAND, JAGPAL SINGHFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina1980

    regina Repository record

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