Sentences with phrase «problems as stressors»

Statistically, this is negatively impacting our health, as recent surveys showed that less than 40 % of us would rate our health as «good or great» and a majority of people listed health problems as stressors.

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[i] While certainly there are many factors responsible for what has become an epidemic of emotional problems, the fact is that the majority of students name «school» as the single greatest stressor in their lives.

As I note here and below, poor sleep is a stressor in its own right — one that might cause emotional problems and attention deficits.

Are there other significant stressors in your life, such as financial or relationship problems?

«Although teen dating violence is typically viewed as a problem related specifically to adolescent development, our findings indicate that the risk for aggressive behavior and involvement in dating violence are related to stressors experienced much earlier in life,» says Jennifer A. Livingston, PhD, senior research scientist at RIA and lead author of the study.

In a 2005 study of 454 undergraduates, psychologist Sari Gold of Temple University and her colleagues revealed that students who had experienced nontraumatic stressors, such as serious illness in a loved one, divorce of their parents, relationship problems or imprisonment of someone close to them, reported even higher rates of PTSD symptoms than did students who had lived through bona fide trauma.

They found that in couples who had a major life stressor such as a death in the family or a lost job, the husband's use of humor during problem solving was a warning sign.

This can pose a problem when other stressors act in parallel, such as increased UV - radiation or other chemical compounds.

«Although teen dating violence is typically viewed as a problem related specifically to adolescent development, our findings indicate that the risk for aggressive behavior and involvement in dating violence are related to stressors experienced much earlier in life,» said study author Jennifer Livingston.

The problem arises when not life - threatening stressors, such as getting all worked up in a traffic jam, feeling anxious about infertility, persistently worrying about a relationship or a work deadline repeatedly activate the stress response.

As mentioned above, the stressor is usually not the problem, it's how we act or react to the stressor that will determine its effect.

Childhood stress was measured on a range of family - related stressors that occurred at age 16 or younger such as economic hardship, divorce, at least one parent with mental health problem and never knowing one's father.

Health and behavior conditions that may be considered include, but aren't limited to: feline upper respiratory infection; ringworm; panleukopenia; diarrhea in neonates and foster kittens; general neonatal health; parasites; the impact of housing and its associated stressors; the effect of intensive handling on the development of stress - related behavior and health problems; failure to engage in normal behaviors such as elimination, grooming and eating; euthanasia due to fearful behaviors.

Now remember, what these investigators wanted to do was to see which problem behaviors observed in the pet store dogs were due to the nature of the people who typically obtain their pups from pet shops versus of those problems which arise as a result of the early stressors associated with being reared in a puppy mill.

Climate change almost always exacerbates the problems caused by other environmental stressors including: land use change and the consequent habitat fragmentation and degradation; extraction of timber, fish, water, and other resources; biological disturbance such as the introduction of non-native invasive species, disease, and pests; and chemical, heavy metal, and nutrient pollution.

The stressors for one individual may not affect another quite as much, but given the overall stress of travel pre-existing psychiatric disorders can recur and latent, even undiagnosed, problems may become apparent for the first time.

«Stress,» published by the Mental Health Foundation, reports that problems at work are stressors that might erupt as verbal aggression.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

I am gentle, focused, and direct in helping people successfully resolve: Signs or Symptoms of Depression or Anxiety, Life stressors such as Family and Work Problems, Grief, Loss, Marital Distress or Divorce, Parenting, Child and Adolescent Issues, Health Related Adjustment Issues, Post Traumatic Stress.»

Multiple life stressors, such as a family history of abuse or neglect, health problems, marital conflict, or domestic or community violence - and financial stressors such as unemployment, poverty, and homelessness - may reduce a parent's capacity to cope effectively with the typical day - to - day stresses of raising children.

The model specifies three categories of risk factors: (1) disease and disability parameters (e.g., severity of handicap); (2) functional independence; and (3) psychosocial stressors (e.g., daily hassles), as well as three categories of resistance factors: (1) intrapersonal (e.g., problem - solving ability); (2) social - ecological factors (e.g., social support); and (3) stress processing (e.g., coping strategies).

I help individuals, and couples experiencing stressors such as: illness, adjusting to a move, blended family / parenting issues, job or school stress, financial problems, digital - age issues (gaming, porn addictions).

Only a limited number of well - validated screens suitable for use in primary care for broad screening of family psychosocial risk and family support and functioning are available, although a few show promise.54 — 56 There are screening measures for specific psychosocial stressors, such as maternal depression, and these have been shown to be feasible in pediatric settings.57, 58 Family screening for psychosocial risk within pediatric settings, however, raises a number of dilemmas, including concerns about liability and payment and who is responsible for an adult's well - being after a problem is detected.59

Coping strategies are most often described as either problem focused coping; an effort to recognise modifies or eliminates the impact of stressor or cognitive activity, or emotion focused coping; being an effort to regulate emotional states that are associated with exposure of stress.19, 23,34,35

The need for therapy may occur as the result of new stressors or past problems.

Couples who express gratitude more often were less affected by common marital stressors such as miscommunication, financial issues, and in - law problems.

In this section we discuss the role of positive self - esteem as a protective factor in the context of stressors, the developmental role of negative self - esteem in mental and social problems, and the role of self - esteem in models of health behavior.

When the family is the client, I assess the way members interact and work to improve communication and problem - solving skills, as well as resolve the current life stressors.

One person may see a stressor as a far greater problem than another individual who may not feel the same degree of «stress» from the stressor.

Antenatal depression may not only alter development of stress - related biological systems in the fetus, but may also increase risk of obstetrical complications.6 Postnatal depression may also be an early life stressor given known associations with lower levels of sensitive, responsive care needed for infants» development of health attachment relationships, emotional regulation skills, interpersonal skills and stress response mechanisms.7 Early life stressors, such as those that might be associated with maternal depression, can influence brain development, which continues at a rapid pace at least for several years after birth.8 Problems in any of these aspects of development may disrupt the earliest stages of socio - emotional and cognitive development, predisposing to the later development of depression or other disorders.

A range of therapists with different backgrounds treat a range of couples with complex combinations of stressors and problems, under real world constraints of time (like only a few weeks of treatment, or couples treatment as an adjunct to another kind of treatment) and resources (like insurance or funds to cover therapy costs, or access to qualified mental health care).

Psychotherapy can help clients with these issues as well as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and other mental health problems not so clearly related to current stressors.

You have my greatest empathy as having an addicted family member, who often refuses to even acknowledge a problem (denial), is one of the greatest stressors on a family imaginable.

successfully with children whose problems are related to life stressors, such as divorce, death, relocation, hospitalization,

Play Therapy has been used successfully with children whose problems are related to life stressors, such as divorce, death, relocation, hospitalization, chronic illness, physical / sexual abuse, domestic violence, and natural disasters.

Interventions to reduce long - term mental problems should address both PWE stressors (psychosocial model) and specialised mental healthcare (trauma model) and consider both models of intervention as complementary.

[12] A life stressor is defined as a serious illness; accident or disability; the death of a family member or close friend; mental illness; divorce or separation; inability to obtain work; involuntary loss of a job; alcohol or drug - related problems; witnessing violence; being the victim of abuse or violent crime; trouble with the police; gambling problems; incarceration of self or a family member; overcrowding; pressure to fulfil cultural responsibilities; and discrimination or racism, ibid., Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, op.cit., p79.

The women reported a «conflict because of problem between the spouses» most often as a marital stressor especially those with higher education than their husbands.

This type of approach would have provided the time and opportunity for father and daughter to get to know each other as well as to identify and deal with any stressors or problems for the child that may have presented themselves.

While many applications of the model have explored the combination of child ASD symptomatology and / or behaviour problems with life stress, child adaptive functioning (i.e. daily living skills), a characteristic which Hall and Graff [4] identified as demonstrating strong associations with adaptation in families of children with ASD, has not been investigated as an additional stressor in this model.

Although the commonly held view is that people gamble as a mechanism to cope with family violence (Affifi et al., 2010; Cunningham - Williams et al. 2007; Echeburua et al., 2011; Korman et al., 2008), it is possible that stressors caused by problem gambling activity may result in domestic conflict and the perpetration of violence by family members (Echeburua et al., 2011; Korman et al., 2008).

When it comes to dealing with long - term stressors, situations that can be altered and more complex situations requiring engagement and thoughtfulness in order to problem solve effectively, it has been suggested that over reliance on avoidance coping causes a rebound effect or heightened distress as soon as attention is paid to the stressor again or the stressor intrudes on efforts to avoid it (Wegner, 2011).

These results seem to support the hypotheses that problem gambling directly or indirectly leads to family violence perpetration by the problem gambler as a manifestation of financial stress and crisis within the home (Afifi et al., 2010; Korman et al., 2008; Muelleman et al., 2002) and that problem gambling directly or indirectly leads to family violence victimisation towards the problem gambler as a manifestation of family conflict related to stressors caused by problem gambling activity, such as lack of trust (Echeburua et al., 2011; Korman et al., 2008).