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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"stress research"”.
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Anxiety, anger, guilt, and resentment in the workplace: A test of alternative paradigms for stress research
Since coping is intended to minimize stress, effective coping must act on the variables that elicit and intensify stress. This study tested potential intensity variables from two theories, each of which is associated with a different paradigm.
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Patterns of psychological response to the demands of computer-supported work.
… theoretical and methodological problems in stress research. Two interdependent means of realising this aim are adopted. The first involves a critical analysis of research practices, the building of a theoretical framework, and the development of methodologies. The second assesses these …
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Constructing occupational stress in a human service agency.
… explored the multiple meanings of occupational stress in a human service agency by using a constructivist approach. It was posited that such an approach could transcend some of the problems that have plagued conventional approaches to stress research, particularly, the difficulty in defining …
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Redefining Burnout: Exploring Common Conceptualizations and the Neurophysiology of Chronic Stress to Establish an Integrated Allostatic Model
<p>Burnout is a widely researched stress-related phenomenon associated with numerous adverse outcomes for employees and organizations. Unfortunately, burnout is not well understood and research to this point has been flawed due to a lack of consensus on the definition, dimensionality, and context …
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOCUS OF CONTROL WITH TEACHER STRESS.
… relationship of Locus of Control with Teacher Stress. Research and null hypotheses were formulated and additional information was collected through the use of a subjective survey. The subjects of this study were 100 secondary school teachers who were attending summer school at The University of …
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The Influence of Positive Writing on Reported Stress and Job Performance
Occupational stress can be a significant burden for individuals and organizations. Although work-related stress has been addressed in a number of occupations, those in the restaurant industry tend to be left out of work-stress research even though this sector employs more people than any other job …
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Effects Of Voluntary Control On Performance Response Under Stress.
Recent stressful environments within military and non-military domains are producing a new challenge for the lab-based study of stress on task performance, one that requires knowledge of underlying cognitive-motivational and goal orientation factors. Results of recent stress on task performance …
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An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Stress and Wellness for Public Leisure Service Managers
… has been a great deal of interest concerning stress and its effects, there are few empirical investigations of stress in occupational settings. Further, there is little that is known about the sources of stress in the work place and the prevalence of stress for the leisure services manager. …
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Critical Incident Stress and the Perceived Availability of Peer Support for Civilian Criminalistics Personnel
The vast majority of police-related stress research has focused upon sworn law enforcement officers and the physical, mental and emotional toll the profession exacts. This study examines the level of critical incident stress experienced by criminalistics personnel and the perception of peer support …
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Understanding student stress: a qualitative study of the stress experienced by third level students
Stress can be understood in terms of the meaning of stressful experiences for individuals. The meaning of stressful experiences involves threats to self-adequacy, where self-adequacy is considered a basic human need. Appropriate research methods are required to explore this aspect of stress. The …
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Parental Distress and Child Behavior Problems: Parenting Behaviors as Mediators
… (DD) typically report higher levels of parental stress than parents of typically developing children. While the majority of the literature addresses child behavior problems as predictors of parental stress, research has shown that the relation is bi-directional. However, very little research has …
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Seeing the Tress For the Forest: An Analysis of Novice and Experienced Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Stress
… teachers’ context-specific self-efficacies and stresses and whether these constructs differed from the self-efficacies and stresses of experienced teachers in middle school and early high school. Novice teachers, or teachers in their first 5 years of teaching, are most susceptible to attrition …
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Gatekeeper Connexin43 Phosphorylation Events Regulate Cardiac Gap Junction Coupling During Stress
… of gap junctions in response to cellular stress. Research has revealed how phosphorylation of specific residues elicit specific effects on Cx43, but the complexity of this process has left much unknown. In particular, the role phosphorylation of a triplet of double serine residues, Ser365, …
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Investigating systemic effects of chronic stress on hepatic and cardiac tissue in female Wistar rats
Chronic psychosocial stress contributes to cardiometabolic disease onset and progression through various mechanisms including through HPA-axis dysregulation, inflammation, oxidative stress, and autophagic impairment. Growing evidence suggests females may be disproportionately vulnerable to these …
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The Thiol Specific Antioxidant (TSA1) Gene is Required for Survival in Macrophages and Oxidative Stress Resistance in Histoplasma Capsulatum
… enzymes which help cells survive oxidative stress, show decreased activity in <em>Tsa1</em>knockdown cells as compared to wildtype. Evidence suggests <em>Tsa1</em>protects the <em>Histoplasma</em>yeast in the macrophage environment by resistance against oxidative stress. Research is ongoing …
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Family stress and hemodialysis: an analysis of family stress variables
Most prior research on stress and hemodialysis has focused on physical, psychological and staff-patient dimensions. Little research has been conducted on the correlates of stress experienced by dialysis patients in th~ context of the family. The purposes of this investigation were to operationalize …
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A Learning Theory Approach to Stress and Stress Management
The purpose. The purpose of this research was threefold:(l) to review and evaluate stress theory and literature, (2) to construct a learning theory approach to the fields of stress research and stress management, and (3) to design stress-management instructional materials based on the …
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An Epidemiological Study of Exhaustion in the Context of Chronic stress. Concept, Cortisol, Causes and Consequences
… exhaustion is not clearly defined. Chronic stress is acknowledged to give rise to exhaustion, but specific mechanisms involved have generally been overlooked in stress research. The relatively new concept of “hypocortisolism” in this context, referring to low levels of circulating cortisol, …
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Occupational stress and the menstrual cycle
This research brings together, in a unique way, two areas of current interest in Psychology, occupational stress and menstrual cycle research. Whilst there is a growing trend towards intensive measures being used in Occupational Stress research, the effects of menstrual cycle experiences of women …
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Core self-evaluations as a moderator of the stressor-strain-satisfaction relationships among farm managers in New Zealand
Aim: This research seeks to determine the role of core self evaluations in understanding individual differences in the stress-strain-satisfaction process. The research also seeks to determine whether farm managers who report positive core self-evaluations are more resilient towards stressors and, …
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