Stress Flashcards
Taylor et al. (2000)
Men are more likely to adopt the “fight and flight” response whereas women tend to adopt a more “tend and befriend” response.
Kiecolt-Glaser et al. (1984)
Blood samples were taken from 75 American medical students a month before (lower stress) and during (high stress) their exams. Natural Killer (NK) cell counts were measured.
Participants also took a questionnaire asking about their life events and feelings of loneliness.
Levels of NK cells were lower in the high stress condition and even more so for those who scored high on life events and reported feeling lonely.
Men are more likely to adopt the “fight and flight” response whereas women tend to adopt a more “tend and befriend” response.
Taylor et al. (2000)
Blood samples were taken from 75 American medical students a month before (lower stress) and during (high stress) their exams. Natural Killer (NK) cell counts were measured.
Participants also took a questionnaire asking about their life events and feelings of loneliness.
Levels of NK cells were lower in the high stress condition and even more so for those who scored high on life events and reported feeling lonely.
Kiecolt-Glaser et al. (1984)
Kanner et al. (1981)
Tested 100 Americans on a scale about how many daily hassles and uplifts people had encountered in the previous month (Hassles scale) and their well-being.
Hassles scale tended to be a better predictor of stress-related problems than life events.
Tested 100 Americans on a scale about how many daily hassles and uplifts people had encountered in the previous month (Hassles scale) and their well-being.
Hassles scale tended to be a better predictor of stress-related problems than life events.
Kanner et al. (1981)
Rahe (1970)
2500 American sailors using the SRRS and the subsequent onset of ill health.
Positive correlation between life events score and illness scores.
*Might not be the causation.
2500 American sailors using the SRRS and the subsequent onset of ill health.
Positive correlation between life events score and illness scores.
*Might not be the causation.
Rahe (1970)
Chandola et al. (2008)
Work stress that is continuous over a period of time is a risk factor of CHD.
~32% of the effect of work stress on CHD can be explained by its impact on health behaviours, such as poor diet and low levels of physical activity.
Work stress that is continuous over a period of time is a risk factor of CHD.
~32% of the effect of work stress on CHD can be explained by its impact on health behaviours, such as poor diet and low levels of physical activity.
Chandola et al. (2008)
Marmot et al. (1997)
CHD was more likely to happen to civil servants who had low control over their job.
CHD was more likely to happen to civil servants who had low control over their job.
Marmot et al. (1997)
16,000 employees across 15 nations across Europe.
Work overload is also a cause of stress.
*However, work underload was also associated with high rates of ill health and absence.
Shulz et al. (2010)
Shulz et al. (2010)
16,000 employees across 15 nations across Europe.
Work overload is also a cause of stress.
*However, work underload was also associated with high rates of ill health and absence.
Friedman and Rosenman (1974)
3,154 men between 39-59 for eight and a half years.
Almost twice as many Type A people developed CHD than Type B.
