Stress medicinePub Date : 1999-07-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<137::AID-SMI792>3.0.CO;2-5
S. Fielden, C. J. Peckar
{"title":"Work Stress and Hospital Doctors: a comparative study","authors":"S. Fielden, C. J. Peckar","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<137::AID-SMI792>3.0.CO;2-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<137::AID-SMI792>3.0.CO;2-5","url":null,"abstract":"The findings indicate a direct link between the number of hours worked and stress levels, although the number of hours worked was positively related to the perceived availability of social support. Junior hospital doctors used social support as a coping strategy significantly more often than senior hospital doctors, with both perceiving the hospital environment as a more effective source of social support than the home environment. Despite having access to higher levels of effective social support, junior hospital doctors faced significantly greater sources of stress and poorer mental health than their senior counterparts.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"281 2","pages":"137-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50683253","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}
Stress medicinePub Date : 1999-07-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<159::AID-SMI810>3.0.CO;2-8
S. Schwartz, E. Schmitt, M. Ketterer, P. Trask
{"title":"Lipid levels and emotional distress among healthy male college students","authors":"S. Schwartz, E. Schmitt, M. Ketterer, P. Trask","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<159::AID-SMI810>3.0.CO;2-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199907)15:3<159::AID-SMI810>3.0.CO;2-8","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Low lipid levels have been found in some studies to be associated with non-illness deaths (i.e. suicides, homicides and accidents). Likewise, low lipids have been associated with measures of emotional distress (e.g. anxiety, depression, hostility) in medical, psychiatric and forensic populations whose age, health status and/or personal habits make interpretation of the association problematic. The present study examined the relationship of lipid levels to emotional distress in young, healthy, male college students. To investigate possible confounding/mediating relationships, a number of clinical risk factors and demographic variables were also studied (age, drug use, alcohol use, nicotine use, exercise, obesity and resting hemodynamic values). Bivariate correlations showed that measures of emotional distress (SCL-90-R subscales, Toronto Alexithymia Scale) and clinical/demographic factors (alcohol use, age, blood pressure, weight and heart rate) were associated with lipid levels. In a hierarchical set multiple regression, only alcohol use, age, resting systolic blood pressure and the positive symptom total from the SCL-90-R were unique correlates of total cholesterol. These results add additional support to the growing evidence of an association between lipid levels and emotional functioning. Importantly, this relationship appears to exist apart from other risk factors. While various studies have focused on specific dimensions of emotional distress (i.e. anxiety, depression, hostility), the results of the present study suggest that more global measures of emotional distress might better account for the association with lipid levels. Copyright #1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"260 6","pages":"159-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50682982","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}
Stress medicinePub Date : 1999-04-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<103::AID-SMI791>3.0.CO;2-T
S. Matthey, D. Silove, B. Barnett, M. Fitzgerald, P. Mitchell
{"title":"Correlates of depression and PTSD in Cambodian women with young children: a pilot study","authors":"S. Matthey, D. Silove, B. Barnett, M. Fitzgerald, P. Mitchell","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<103::AID-SMI791>3.0.CO;2-T","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<103::AID-SMI791>3.0.CO;2-T","url":null,"abstract":"A self-selected sample of 31 Cambodian mothers in Australia were interviewed about their pre-migration experiences and about childbirth. There was a significant relationship between the number of trauma events experienced prior to birth and psychological morbidity following birth. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale appears particularly sensitive to detecting postnatal distress in these women while there appears to have been no significant buffer effect by the womans social support network. While no causal model can be supported by this pilot study there is a suggestion that traumatic events experienced prior to birth may indicate that the woman is at risk for emotional difficulties postpartum. (authors)","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"32 5","pages":"103-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50682802","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}
Stress medicinePub Date : 1999-04-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<135::AID-SMI827>3.0.CO;2-6
L. Whatmore
{"title":"The life and work of an eminent psychologist: autobiography of Richard S. Lazarus. Springer, New York, 1998. No. of pages: 312. ISBN 0‐8261‐1179‐3. Price: US$ 39.95 Hb.","authors":"L. Whatmore","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<135::AID-SMI827>3.0.CO;2-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<135::AID-SMI827>3.0.CO;2-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"16 4","pages":"135-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50682494","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}
Stress medicinePub Date : 1999-04-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<79::AID-SMI788>3.0.CO;2-S
A. Weinberg, C. Cooper, A. Weinberg
{"title":"Workload, stress and family life in British members of parliament and the psychological impact of reforms to their working hours","authors":"A. Weinberg, C. Cooper, A. Weinberg","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<79::AID-SMI788>3.0.CO;2-S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199904)15:2<79::AID-SMI788>3.0.CO;2-S","url":null,"abstract":"The Select Committee which reviewed the working hours of the House of Commons revealed that MPs were facing two major problems: first, they had not the time and/or resources to carry out their work as they would wish; and second, a disastrous price had been, and continued to be paid in terms of their private and family lives.1 Such problems serve to illustrate the limits in human ability to adapt to overload, which can result in impaired judgement and long-term mental drain.2 Furthermore, such findings assume greater significance when one is considering the occupational group which is responsible for the decisions which affect the daily lives of people living in the UK. Yet prior to this study, no psychological research had been carried out with national politicians.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"60 12","pages":"79-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50682764","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}