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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"psychosocial stress"”.
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Psychosocial Stress and Addison's Disease
… ob und unter welchen Bedingungen psychosozialer Stress krank macht. Humanstudien, die dieser Frage nachgehen, können dabei meist nur korrelative Zusammenhänge aufdecken. Um trotzdem Aussagen zu Mechanismen, Ursache-Wirkungsbeziehungen und klinische Relevanz treffen zu können, muss z.B. auf …
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The Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Cognitive Performance
… this study was to examine the effects of acute psychosocial stress on cognitive performance. Psychosocial stress evolves from the perceived presence of a social evaluative threat and results in the activation of the home hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. As part of this reaction the stress …
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Childhood Trauma, Adult Psychosocial Stress, and the Mediating Effects of Alcohol Consumption
… relationship between childhood trauma and adult psychosocial stress, and assessed for the potential mediating effects of alcohol consumption. Data were collected from 66 alcohol dependent men currently enrolled in residential drug and alcohol treatment. Participants completed interviews and …
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The impact of psychosocial stress and biological sex on false recognition memory
… the current research aimed to confirm that psychosocial stress can lead to increased rates of false recognition memory errors in humans. In addition, it attempted to show that false recognition error rates differ depending on biological sex and the original stimulus type, thus extending and …
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Under the Empire’s Eye: The Psychosocial Stress of Chimú Human Sacrifice (1100–1450 CE)
… their deaths. This dissertation investigates the psychosocial stress of Chimú sacrificial victims by applying palaeoendocrinology to preserved human hair. I analyzed hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) from 61 individuals, integrating these results with evidence of skeletal trauma, mortuary …
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The association between job stress and psychosocial stress in young male and female manufacture workers
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate job stress and psychosocial stress, and to investigate the association between health status, job characteristics, job stress and psychosocial stress in young male and female manufacture workers. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted of 3284 employees of a large …
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Behavioral disinhibition and cortisol reactivity as a function of psychosocial stress and personality in adolescents
… these factors may affect changes in stress responses that occur during this period. To inform this area of research, we examined the interaction between psychosocial stress exposure and the personality traits of Negative Emotionality (NEM) and Constraint (CON) on behavioral …
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Differentiation between the Effects of Physical and Psychosocial Stress on a Feedback-based Learning Task
… This learning process is influenced by acute stress. However, different laboratory stressors elicit different physiological response patterns, which may influence feedback processing differently. Moreover, individual differences in stress reactivity may be associated with reward sensitivity. …
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Influence of Prolonged Sitting and Psychosocial Stress on Lumbar Spine Kinematics, Kinetics, Discomfort, and Muscle Fatigue
… Lastly, the effects of prolonged sitting and psychosocial work stress on low back were quantitatively identified. Only prolonged sitting significantly increased trunk flexion angles and led to muscle fatigue. Relatively weak correlations were found between subjective and objective measures, …
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Relationships between psychosocial stress, cortisol, apolipoprotein є4, beta-amyloid, hippocampal volumes and Alzheimer's disease in a sample of South African older adults
… of cognitive changes in older adults. Stress, both psychosocial and physiological, may play a role. Aims: The general aim of this study was to explore the relationships between cognitive functioning and cognitive decline, on the one hand, and psychosocial and physiological stress, as …
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Sustaining family child care providers' psychosocial wellness
This research project examined the psychosocial wellness of Family Child Care Providers (FCCPs) using a mixed methods approach.The two main goals of this study were to explore psychosocial influences upon FCC workforce participation and psychosocial influences upon professional development …
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The impact of acute psychological stress on spatial cognition
… of this study 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, & …
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Vilniaus universiteto studentų patiriamo streso ypatumai /
The Peculiarities of Stress Experienced by the Students of Vilnius University Substantiation: students are the most energetic and the most promising part of mankind. Academic requirements and other factors requiring social adaptation can be the main reasons behind student stress. Prolonged and …
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Links between social deprivation and harm to children: a study of parenting in social disadvantage
… deprivation can contribute to high levels of psychosocial stress within families that may lead some parents to physically injure or neglect their children. In these ways the study will develop the argument that harm to children is linked to deficits in material resources and complex, …
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The association of limbic system activation with dream, bad dream and nightmare generation
… using retrospective and prospective measures. Psychosocial stress – a phenomenon which increases activity in the limbic system – and its relationship to bad dreams and nightmares was also investigated, using questionnaires and a prospective dream diary study. Oral contraceptive use was included …
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Social patterning in biomarkers of health, an analysis of health inequalities using Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
… explored are material deprivation and exposures, psychosocial stress and health behaviours. Using retrospective socio-economic position measures, consideration is paid to the timing of disadvantage, while the wide age range enables identification of when inequalities emerge. Disadvantaged …
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The effect of stress on memory : eyewitness performance in juveniles and young adults
… was used to investigate the relationship between stress and eyewitness memory in adolescents (Experiment 1) and young adults (Experiment 2). Psychosocial stress was induced using a public speaking task. As eyewitness outcome measures, participants were asked to provide a physical description and …
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Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context
This paper gauges the effect of physiological stress on time preference in the urban poor from informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Using a standardized psychosocial stress challenge (the Trier social stress test (TSST)) to induce stress in a randomized setting, we attempt to estimate the effect …
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The best laid plans : process evaluation of a preventative stress-management strategy in the public sector
… and organisations continue to mount, with the psychosocial work environment implicated as a causal factor. Despite this, organisational-level interventions aiming to address these working conditions have been under-represented in the literature and, where evident, provide inconsistent findings. …
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