We develop and test a theoretical model to examine how why transformational leadership affects employees’ appraisals of challenge hindrance stressors. draw from foundational theories stress argue that leaders motivate their employees believe they can successfully cope with workplace stressors, which in turn encourages them appraise stressors more positively as less threatening. Presenting paral...

Bell’s palsy is an idiopathic peripheral nerve palsy involving the facial nerve. It accounts for 60 to 75% of all cases of unilateral facial paralysis. The main mechanisms to induce BP remain unclear, but infection, ischemic condition and immunodeficiency may contribute to the development of Bell’s palsy. Accumulating evidence has shown several factors can trigger the reactivation of latent...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to identify predictors of depressive symptoms and psychological distress. DESIGN A longitudinal study with assessments at 3 months, 1 year and 5 years after injury. SUBJECTS A total of 118 individuals (29% females; mean age 32.5; range 16-55 years) with mild-to-severe TBI who...

INTRODUCTION Cardiac surgery has many physiological, psychological, emotional, growth and spiritual potential consequences due to stress. Identifying and understanding the nature of stress can help nurses in controlling and reducing it. However, few studies have been conducted to identify the stressors. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine nurses' perceptions of patients' str...

In order to understand psychobiological responses to stress it is necessary to observe how people react to controlled stressors. A range of stressors exist for this purpose; however, laboratory stressors that are representative of real life situations provide more ecologically valid opportunities for assessing stress responding. The current study assessed psychobiological responses to an ecolog...