Title of Dissertation: COPING WITH MULTIPLE STRESSORS: A CLOSER LOOK AT PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG RACIAL MINORITIES Min Ji Yang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Associate Professor Matthew J. Miller, Department of Counseling Psychology This study examined a comprehensive stress and coping model in a sample of 414 racial minority participants in the U.S. Specifically, thi...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate basic methodological issues related to the usage of an examination stress protocol in studies of psychoneuroendocrinology. In the present study, 57 undergraduate students served as participants. All subjects provided salivary samples and completed psychological inventories during a low examination stress period and again during a high examinat...

Background/aim It is well known that physical strain is associated with increased cortisol production. And although mental stress elevates cortisol concentrations as well, little is known of the independent and/or combined effects of both on the secretion of cortisol. Aim of the study was to investigate the day-to-day cortisol dynamics associated with training, performance and recuperation and ...

PURPOSE This correlation study was undertaken to examine the relationships between daily life stress, self-efficacy and university student life adjustment and to analyze the self-efficacy affecting that university student life adjustment. METHODS 265 university students were recruited from several participating required undergraduate classes. They were surveyed as the subject of this study. D...

In a study of children's patterns of coping with daily stressors, boys and girls 9-17 years old were asked to complete a coping checklist in response to one of four types of stressors--school, parents/family, siblings, or peer/interpersonal. Patterns of coping-strategy use were found to be similar across the various stressors, with wishful thinking, problem-solving, and emotional regulation bei...

Objective: This study is to investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on HIF-1α expression in rat experimental periodontitis with psychological stress. Methods: One hundred and twenty male special pathogenfree Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: normal control group, experimental periodontitis group, psychological stress stimulation group, and periodontitis model with st...

This article describes the development of a new instrument, the Life Experiences Survey, for the measurement of life changes. It was designed to eliminate certain shortcomings of previous life stress measures and allows for separate assessment of positive and negative life experiences as well as individualized ratings of the impact of events. Several studies bearing on the usefulness of the Lif...