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Physiological and Acoustic Correlates of Perceived Stress

Language and Speech, 1978
In speech production, syllables that are stressed differ from those that are unstressed along at least four parameters: duration, fundamental frequency, overall intensity, and spectral composition. This paper reviews acoustic and physiological studies concerned with these features and how they might be accounted for by a single physiological mechanism.
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Immigrant girls perceive less stress

Acta Paediatrica, 2008
AbstractAim: To develop a new stress scale and use it for investigating impact of ethnicity on perception of stress.Subjects and Methods: One thousand one hundred and twenty‐four students (grades 6–9) from 14 schools filled in a questionnaire at school with questions about age, sex, use of language at home (proxy for cultural background), stress and ...
F, Lindblad, L, Backman, T, Akerstedt
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The construct validity of the Perceived Stress Scale

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2016
Stress impacts the quality of life and is associated with increased risk of mental and physical disorders. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is widely used for measuring psychological distress. Although the instrument was originally defined as a single construct, several studies based on classical test theory suggest that a two-dimensional structure is ...
Nielsen, Marie Germund, Ørnbøl, Eva, Vestergaard, Mogens, Bech, Per, Larsen, Finn Breinholt, Lasgaard, Mathias, Christensen, Kaj Sparle   +6 more
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Stress as perceived by professionals.

Psychological reports, 1991
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.
B M, Gadzella, D W, Ginther, M, Tomcala, G W, Bryant   +3 more
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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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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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Stress and perceived social isolation (loneliness)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2019
Perceived Social Isolation or loneliness, a cognitive state with negative effects on health, is a global problem.Treatment of diagnosed loneliness is mostly through its physical (cardiovascular) and/or mental (depression, anxiety) health consequences, with limited success.
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Perceived stress for pilots

This study of occupational stress focused on the aviation industry, specifically student pilots, Certified Flight Instructors, airline pilots, and corporate aviation pilots in the United States. The objective of this exploratory, cross-sectional study was to explore existing theory in a new way to both quantify and qualitatively describe pilots ...
Robin Aubry, Deborah S. Carstens, Michelle Hight   +2 more
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Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Dancesport

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science
Introduction: Ballroom dancing, particularly in its competitive form of dancesport, has been recognized for its beneficial effects on physical health and psychological well-being. In recent years, research attention has also shifted toward examining its associations with psychological constructs such as stress ...
Samuel Vladimir Sedlak, Rene Sebena
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Personality and perceived stress during COVID-19 pandemic: Testing the mediating role of perceived threat and efficacy

Personality and Individual Differences, 2021
Chun-Qing Zhang, Mauricio A Garcia-Barrera, Alexander Lithopoulos   +2 more
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