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Perceived Stress as a Function of Occupation

Psychological Reports, 1998
The study compared the perceived stress of 54 male police officers, 99 ambulance officers, and 51 correctional officers. Scores on the Perceived Stress Scale were not high and did not differ among groups.
S, McLaren, W, Gollan, C, Horwell
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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, 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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Perceived Effects of Stress on Food Choice

Physiology & Behavior, 1999
Self-reported effects of stress on eating behaviour and food were assessed in a brief questionnaire in 212 students. Snacking behaviour was reportedly increased by stress in the majority of respondents (73%) regardless of gender or dieting status. The overall increase in snacking during stress was reflected by reports of increased intake of "snack-type"
G, Oliver, J, Wardle
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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.
W R, Mitic, D P, McGuire, B, Neumann
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Validation of the antenatal perceived stress inventory

Journal of Health Psychology, 2013
This article presents the Antenatal Perceived Stress Inventory. The originality of this scale is to assess the impact of events experienced during pregnancy on the stress perceived by mothers. Scale validation was performed using data from 150 French-speaking nulliparous mothers and collected between 36 and 39 weeks of gestation (T1), and between 2 ...
Razurel, Chantal, Kaiser, Barbara, Dupuis, M., Antonietti, Jean-Philippe, Citherlet, Catherine, Epiney, Manuela, Sellenet, C   +6 more
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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 ...
Courtney M, Foote, Shelby J, Hatzinger, Laura E, Sansosti, Andrew J, Meyr   +3 more
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STRESS AS PERCEIVED BY PROFESSIONALS

Psychological Reports, 1990
This study investigated differences in stress by sex, levels, age, and job classifications as perceived by 173 professionals. Subjects responded to the Tennessee Stress Scale-L questionnaire which provides measures for the three subscales (Stress Producers, Coping Mechanisms, and Stress Symptoms) and Total Stress.
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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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