Not exact matches
However, the extent of this change is
significantly modified by a wide range of social and personal variables such as the
functions that are being served for the individual by the attitudes in question; the satisfaction the individual derives from existing attitudes; the strength of existing defense mechanisms and group pressures surrounding those attitudes; patterns of reinforcement for similar attitudes in the past; other alternatives available to the viewer; and the current
psychological state of the viewer.
Although stress in its most common context is primarily a
psychological phenomenon, it is also closely tied to most aspects of the physiological
functioning of our bodies, so whenever we feel stressed out for prolonged periods of time, our immune system suffers and the risk of getting sick or acquiring pain in some parts of the body is
significantly increased.
General indices regarding mental health of mothers have been associated with their children's sleep, and less well - organized sleep patterns have been noted in children from poorly
functioning families.113) Mothers of children with sleep disturbances exhibited much higher
psychological stress than did controls, obtaining increased scores on all factors of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).114) Children's sleep quality
significantly predicted that of their mothers, with maternal sleep quality associated with stress and fatigue.115) Moreover, infants of mothers with low levels of depression and anxiety were more likely to recover from sleep problems than those with high levels of depression and anxiety after controlling for the influence of attachment patterns.116) Sleep disturbances in early childhood were positively related to negative maternal perceptions of their child, 117) potentially interfering with the development of beneficial parent - child interactions.