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Perceived Stress of Podiatric Medical Students

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2020
Background The primary objective of this investigation was to objectify perceived stresses of students enrolled at a US college of podiatric medicine. Methods Following preliminary pilot data collection and representative student interviews, the Perceived Stress Scale and a newly developed ...
Courtney M, Foote, Shelby J, Hatzinger, Laura E, Sansosti, Andrew J, Meyr   +3 more
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Perceived Stress and Adolescents' Cigarette Use

Psychological Reports, 1985
We surveyed 1,684 students from Grades 7 through 12 on their use of cigarettes and the types of circumstances they perceived as stressful. Students' smoking status was classified as either none, light, medium, or heavy use while over-all stress levels were either low, medium, or high. Nonsmoking boys had significantly lower over-all mean stress scores
W R, Mitic, D P, McGuire, B, Neumann
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Perceived Stress Scale

Journal of Health Psychology, 2010
The perceived stress scale (PSS-10) reliability and validity were evaluated in Brazilian adults. A two-stage translation procedure was employed to achieve a Portuguese version. Participants were 793 Brazilian university teachers. The exploratory factor analysis showed two factors with eigenvalues greater than 1.0 (56.8% of variance).
Rodrigo Siqueira, Reis, Adriano Akira Ferreira, Hino, Ciro Romélio Rodriguez, Añez   +2 more
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Perceived Life Stress and Bacterial Vaginosis

Journal of Women's Health, 2005
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common vaginal condition produced by overgrowth of anaerobic bacteria. Consequences of the condition may include preterm birth and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Because stress can suppress immune function, increased stress might increase the risk of BV. Our objective was to determine whether life stress was associated
Emily W, Harville, Maureen C, Hatch, Jun, Zhang   +2 more
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Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ)

2011
Consisting of 30 items, the PSQ was developed as an instrument for assessing the stressful life events and circumstances that tend to trigger or exacerbate disease symptoms. With stress bearing significantly on the quality and consistency of the sleep cycle [1], the PSQ is a potentially valuable tool for evaluating the underlying causes of sleep ...
Azmeh Shahid, Kate Wilkinson, Shai Marcu, Colin M. Shapiro   +3 more
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A Global Measure of Perceived Stress

Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1983
This paper presents evidence from three samples, two of college students and one of participants in a community smoking-cessation program, for the reliability and validity of a 14-item instrument, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), designed to measure the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful.
S, Cohen, T, Kamarck, R, Mermelstein
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Adolescent Inhalant Use and Perceived Stress

Journal of Drug Education, 1987
We surveyed 1,684 students from Grades 7 through 12 on their use of inhalants and the types of circumstances they perceived as stressful. Inhalant users were classified as abstainers, experimental, and regular users. Male abstainers were found to exhibit lower ( p ≤ .05) mean stress scores as compared to males in the experimental and regular user ...
W R, Mitic, D P, McGuire, B, Neumann
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Perceived Uncertainty and Stress in Illness

Research in Nursing & Health, 1984
AbstractA structural model was proposed to explain the stress resulting from hospitalization for a medical problem. Perceived uncertainty about symptoms, treatment, and outcome was examined as a major predictor of stress. Other variables proposed in the model included seriousness of illness, age, education, and recency of rehospitalization.
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Perceived stress and stress-related parameters.

Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita, 2012
The purpose of this study is to evaluate, using a questionnaire developed by our research group, whether occupational exposure to physical, chemical and psychosocial urban stressors can lead to alterations in perceived stress in a group of both male and female outdoor workers.
TOMEI, GIANFRANCO, SANCINI, angela, CAPOZZELLA, ASSUNTINA, CACIARI, EMANUELA, TOMEI, Francesco, Nieto, Ha, GIOFFRE', PIER AGOSTINO, MARROCCO, MARIASILVIA, DE SIO, SIMONE, ROSATI, Maria Valeria, CIARROCCA, Manuela   +10 more
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Perceived stress, stress attributions and psychological distress in psoriasis

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2004
The objective of this study was to measure causal beliefs in individuals with psoriasis and to explore their relationship with perceived stress, quality of life, psychological well-being and psoriasis severity.This study was cross-sectional in design, and patients were required to complete validated questionnaires assessing perceptions of illness ...
O'Leary, C J, Creamer, D, Higgins, E, Weinman, J   +3 more
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