{"title":"The stress-buffering role of alcohol consumption: the importance of symptom dimension.","authors":"J A Neff","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934957","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper examines the possibility of the existence of stress-buffering properties of alcohol consumption suggested by a recent study in which life events were related to depressive symptoms for abstainers and heavy drinkers but not for moderate drinkers. Survey data on affective and somatic symptoms from 364 urban and 333 rural Florida residents indicated some support for the buffering argument. Moderate and heavy drinkers manifested significantly lower levels of symptoms than did abstainers only with regard to somatic symptoms. Life event-drinking pattern interactions did not reach statistical significance, although trends consistent with the buffering hypothesis were obtained with the somatic symptom measure. Implications of the data are explored.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 1","pages":"35-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934957","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17528810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coping with abortion.","authors":"L Cohen, S Roth","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated individual differences in coping style in response to an abortion procedure. The 55 subjects displayed a wide range of responses, although the average level of distress was fairly high. These women were quite similar to other stressed populations in their response to the Impact of Event Scale, providing evidence for a generalized stress response syndrome. When divided into groups based on coping style, \"avoiders\" were found to experience more distress that \"nonavoiders,\" and \"approachers\" decreased in distress over time while \"nonapproachers\" did not. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of the interaction between coping styles and counseling strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 3","pages":"140-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934968","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17575910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The psychological impact of the Three Mile Island incident.","authors":"P D Cleary, P S Houts","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934956","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the psychological impact of the Three Mile Island incident. The results are based on data from a panel study of 403 persons living within five miles of Three Mile Island (TMI), and a telephone survey of 1,506 people living within 55 miles of that area. Active coping strategies were associated with continued high levels of distress. Having more friends was related to reduced distress, but introspection, taking protective actions, being active in organizations, and seeking out others were all related to higher levels of distress. High self-esteem was related to a decrease in symptoms and psychotropic drug use, and avoidance behaviors were related to higher than expected numbers of symptoms. Efforts to profile those who used different coping strategies were relatively unsuccessful. The results emphasize the need to consider the nature of the stressor when developing models of coping and response to stressful situations.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 1","pages":"28-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934956","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17528050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stressful life events and drug use among adolescents.","authors":"C Bruns, C S Geist","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934967","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors investigated the hypothesis that increased amounts of stress during and/or prior to adolescence would be associated with elevated use or abuse of drug substances by adolescents. Through the study the authors also provided further information regarding the usefulness of various techniques of life event surveying in the measurement of presumptive stress among adolescents. Using a multivariate analysis of the data, a number of conclusions were drawn with the overall conclusion that increased life stress levels are significantly associated with elevated drug use.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 3","pages":"135-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934967","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17575909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The social-psychological precursors to cancer.","authors":"C L Cooper","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934953","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article attempts to review the research literature relating the possible psychosocial precursors to cancer. It explores the evidence linking personality predispositions and adverse life events to cancer, providing an indication of where future research should be pursued.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 1","pages":"4-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934953","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17528811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dilemmas concerning the training of individuals for task performance under stress.","authors":"G Keinan, N Friedland","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9936057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9936057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relative effectiveness of five procedures for the training of individuals to perform tasks under stress was tested in a criterion situation, where subjects were requested to perform a visual search task under the threat of electric shocks. During training on the task, different groups of subjects received shocks of criterion-level intensity; milder than criterion-level intensity; gradually increasing intensity; randomly varying intensity. The last group received no shocks at all. The results pointed to three conditions for the enhancement of training effectiveness: minimal interference of exposure to stressors with task acquisition, familiarity with stressors characteristic of the criterion situation, and absence of unrealistic expectations about future stressors. However, none of the five training procedures meets all three conditions. Implications for the design of procedures whereby persons can be trained to perform proficiently under stress are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 4","pages":"185-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9936057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17628457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personality and self-motivation during biochemical fatigue.","authors":"R E DeMeersman, D C Schaefer, W W Miller","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934969","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study was conducted to determine whether females exhibiting the Type A behavior pattern would exert greater effort and work to higher levels of physiological fatigue in a self-motivated ergometer test. Twenty female subjects, half of them Type A and the other half Type B, were administered an incremental ergometer test to determine their peak oxygen consumption value. On the first experimental session no experimenter encouragement was given to the subjects. Consequently the test measured physical motivation levels. During a second laboratory session, each subject was continuously encouraged by the experimenter to maintain exercising until she was truly incapable of further work. The highest rate of oxygen extraction during this latter session was considered the subject's maximum oxygen consumption (i.e., VO2 max). Type A and B subjects were compared in the nonmotivated testing session (experimental session 1) to their \"true\" individual capacities (maximum oxygen consumption demonstrated in experimental session 2). ANOVAs indicated no significant differences in self-initiated competitive behavior during a physical stressor.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 3","pages":"146-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934969","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17575911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between stressful life events and school-related performances of type A and type B adolescents.","authors":"A Fontana, J F Dovidio","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research indicates that an individual's style of coping with stress and the nature of stressful events combine to mediate responses to stress. The present study investigated the responses of Type A and Type B high school students to controllable and uncontrollable stressful life events. Specifically, the associations between life stress and gradepoint average, extracurricular activity, sports involvement, days absent, and delinquent behavior were examined. The results revealed a negative relationship between life stress and school-related performance that was more pronounced for Type B than for Type A adolescents. These findings are discussed in terms of different coping mechanisms used by Type A's and B's when encountering environmental stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 1","pages":"50-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934959","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17528813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological preparation as a method of reducing the stress of surgery.","authors":"L M Wallace","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Studies of the preparation of adult patients for surgery are reviewed. While many show that preparation reduces stress, the studies are criticized for methodological and conceptual inadequacies. In particular, studies often fail to measure a range of stress responses, and also fail to provide measures over a sufficient time span to fully assess the effect of preparation on stress responses which are known to have differing rates of responsiveness. The experimental study was specifically designed to overcome these problems. Eighty patients undergoing a minor gynecological operation (laparoscopy for sterilization or infertility investigation) were allocated to one of three groups: routine care only (Control 1); routine care plus a minimally informative preparatory booklet (Control 2); or routine care plus a maximally informative preparatory booklet (Experimental group). Patients in the special preparation condition showed lower stress responses on measures of preoperative anxiety. At both one- and six-week follow ups they showed reduced state anxiety and elevated postdischarge vigor scores. They also showed less pain after surgery and recovered faster in hospital and in the first six days after going home. They returned to normal activities faster than patients in the two control groups. There were no differences on measures of postoperative symptoms, medication use, or reported time to return to normal health. The results are discussed in terms of previous studies of psychological preparation, and current concepts of stress. Suggestions for the design of preparatory interventions are made which match the type and timing of the intervention to the target stress response.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 2","pages":"62-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934961","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17547607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sources of stress among nurses: an empirical investigation.","authors":"R E Numerof, M N Abrams","doi":"10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of personality, demographic, and professional variables on nurses' experienced stress is examined through the use of the Nursing Stress Inventory in a midwestern Catholic hospital. Findings indicate that age, nursing role status, length of time since graduation, job tenure, area of nursing, and interpersonal needs are associated with various dimensions of stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":76006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human stress","volume":"10 2","pages":"88-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0097840X.1984.9934963","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17548256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}