Although cumulative risk assessment by definition evaluates the joint effects of chemical and nonchemical stressors, studies to date have not considered both dimensions, in part because toxicological studies cannot capture many stressors of interest. Epidemiology can potentially include all relevant stressors, but developing and extracting the necessary information is challenging given some of ...

OBJECTIVE The current study replicates and extends work with adults that highlights the relationship between trauma exposure and distress in response to subsequent, nontraumatic life stressors. METHODS The sample included 213 2-4-year-old children in which 64.3% had a history of potential trauma exposure. Children were categorized into 4 groups based on trauma history and current life stress....

Research has shown that grocery shopping is the most stressful form of shopping and it is an activity that most individuals perform on a regular basis. Grocery shopping via the Internet has the potential to reduce a number stressors associated with grocery shopping. This research confirms that shopping over the Internet reduces these stressors but creates a new list of potential stressors for c...

Personality and psychopathology have long been associated, however the mechanisms that account for this link are less understood. Stress generation was examined as a potential mechanism to explain the association between personality traits, especially negative emotionality, and depressive symptoms. In addition, the moderating influence of cognitive vulnerabilities to potentiate the relation bet...

Although social stressors have successfully predicted depressive symptomatology in a number of populations, few studies have examined the relevance of stressors for Mexican American elders. Results are reported here from a multistage probability sample of 3,050 Mexican Americans aged 65 and older drawn from a 5-state region. Participants reported low levels of education and income, and most rep...

introduction: today, stress is one of the human’s problems particularly in developing and developed countries. so, many people try to determine these factors and presented suitable solutions. the purpose of this research was to determine job stressors among librarians of isfahan university of medical sciences, iran in 2009. methods: this study was survey research in which data was collected by ...