Dangers on the road: A longitudinal examination of passenger ‐initiated violence against bus drivers
This study examined the impact of workplace violence against 109 bus drivers over a 1‐year span. Workplace violence is related to both psychological and work‐related consequences. Our findings showed that bus drivers experienced a wide range of violence at work and the psychological consequences were devastating: Half of the participants met the diagnostic criteria for acute stress disorder within the first month following the index event. Majority of them experienced at least moderate levels of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) problems over the 1‐year span. About 9.3% of participants showed a delayed onset of...
Source: Stress and Health - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Biru Zhou, Richard Boyer, St éphane Guay Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Combining walking and relaxation for stress reduction —A randomized cross‐over trial in healthy adults
This study investigates their combined impact on the relaxation response while considering participants' initial stress level.
In a randomized cross‐over trial, 81 healthy adults completed 4 types of short‐term interventions for stress reduction, each lasting for 1 hr: (1) physical activity (walking) combined with resting, (2) walking combined with balneotherapy, (3) combined resting and balneotherapy, and (4) resting only. Saliva cortisol, blood pressure, state of mood, and relaxation were measured preintervention and postintervention. Stress levels were determined by validated questionnaires.
All interventions were ...
Source: Stress and Health - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Franziska Matzer, Eva Nagele, Nikolaus Lerch, Christian Vajda, Christian Fazekas Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Covering traumatic news stories: Factors associated with post ‐traumatic stress disorder among journalists
Abstract
The current study examined personal and environmental factors that placed 167 U.S. journalists from diverse media organizations at risk for post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after covering work‐related traumatic stories. These factors included exposure to traumatic stressors in their personal lives, work‐related traumatic stressors, and general organizational stressors. Further, personality attributes and coping styles associated with risk and resiliency were examined. Regression analyses identified avoidant emotional coping, higher levels of perceived organizational stressors, intensity of exposure to w...
Source: Stress and Health - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: River J. Smith, Susan Drevo, Elana Newman Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Effectiveness of instrumental reminiscence intervention on improving coping in healthy older adults
Abstract
Reminiscence is a psychological intervention that uses the recall of past events, feelings, and thoughts to facilitate pleasure, quality of life, and adjustment to present life. The main goal of this study was to investigate the effect of a reminiscence intervention programme on coping strategies. One hundred fifty healthy older adults attended the reminiscence sessions. In order to evaluate the effects of the programme and find out if its effects lasted over time, we used an experimental design with pretest, posttest, and follow‐up assessments, comparing a control group to the intervention group. Repeated‐mea...
Source: Stress and Health - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: E. Satorres, P. Viguer, F.B. Fortuna, J.C. Mel éndez Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Converging evidence that subliminal evaluative conditioning does not affect self ‐esteem or cardiovascular activity
Abstract
Self‐esteem moderates the relationship between stress and (cardiovascular) health, with low self‐esteem potentially exacerbating the impact of stressors. Boosting self‐esteem may therefore help to buffer against stress. Subliminal evaluative conditioning (SEC), which subliminally couples self‐words with positive words, has previously been successfully used to boost self‐esteem, but the existing studies are in need of replication. In this article, we aimed to replicate and extend previous SEC studies. The first 2 experiments simultaneously examined whether SEC increased self‐esteem (Experiment 1, n = ...
Source: Stress and Health - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anke Versluis, Bart Verkuil, Jos F. Brosschot Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Does perceived stress moderate the association between depressive symptoms and socioemotional and behavioural strengths and difficulties in adolescence?
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Source: Stress and Health - July 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Source: Stress and Health - July 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Stressful life events and posttraumatic growth among police officers: A cross ‐sectional study
Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 175-186, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 175-186, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Extending knowledge of illegitimate tasks: Student satisfaction, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion
Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 152-162, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Self ‐compassion moderates the predictive effects of implicit cognitions on subjective well‐being
Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 143-151, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Making it fit: Associations of line managers' behaviours with the outcomes of an organizational ‐level intervention
Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 163-174, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 152-162, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 143-151, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Stress and Health,Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 163-174, February 2018. (Source: Stress and Health)
Source: Stress and Health - July 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
