Parents of children with HFA
reported higher levels of stress, mental health concerns, lower marital adjustment, and less adaptive coping than the TD sample.
Parents of children with ASD
reported higher levels of stress than TD parents pre and post program.
Mothers of children with ASD
reported higher levels of stress and distress, which were associated with higher levels of child problem behaviour.
Parents of children with ASD
reported higher levels of stress than parents of children without ASD (TD or other DD).
Parents of children with ASD
reported higher levels of stress than comparison groups, with mothers reporting higher stress than fathers.
When women experience acute and chronic life stressors during pregnancy, maternal mental health issues can arise.33 Yet differences in maternal mental health are also not enough to explain the gap in birth outcomes, as African American women have not consistently
reported higher levels of stress during pregnancy.34 However, women of color are not typically aware of mental health symptoms experienced during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.35 This is due to a lack of knowledge regarding the signs and symptoms associated with mental health challenges.
The authors reported that mothers younger than 31 years
reported higher levels of stress than mothers older than 31 years old.
In addition, the study indicated that parents with lower education levels and low monthly income
reported higher levels of stress.
Similarly, a study from 2013 conducted at Northwestern University found that those who had high debt relative to household assets,
reported higher levels of stress, depression, and poor self - reported general health.
In a study recently published online in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the researchers found that mothers of teenagers with ASD or ID
reported higher levels of stress and other negative psychological symptoms — think depression or anxiety — than mothers of teenagers with typical development, or TD.
The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace says that one - third of workers
report high levels of stress resulting in higher healthcare costs, periods of employee disability, absenteeism, higher turnover, and lower productivity on the job.
Still, even though more people in poor health
reported high levels of stress than any other group, when all respondents in the «highly stressed in the last month» group listed what contributed to their stress, a few contributing factors beat out health issues: too many responsibilities overall, financial problems, and work problems.
Primary caregivers often
report higher levels of stress associated with single parenting.
Although none of the students we interviewed reported suffering from combat - related psychological problems that require treatment — many others do — some did
report high levels of stress upon returning to civilian life as students.
«Mothers of teens with autism
report higher levels of stress, but optimism can be a buffer: Research suggests a positive outlook can mitigate the psychological effects of parenting a child with autism.»
There is a mental health price as well: children who believe they have a food allergy tend to
report higher levels of stress and anxiety, as do their parents.
«Most Teachers
Report High Levels of Stress, Study Finds Main Top Teachers Voice Concerns in Roundtable With Betsy DeVos»
Health care expenditures are nearly 50 % greater for workers
reporting high levels of stress.
Relevant to the question of issues affecting practice, Max Walters recently wrote in the (English and Welsh) Law Society Gazette of the extent to which some English barristers are
reporting high levels of stress arising from their work, working environment and government policy.
What you've experienced is a phenomenon known as stress spillover — stress that we experience in one life domain (e.g., work) «spills» out of that domain and into others (e.g., home life).1 And we know that spillover can have a detrimental effect on our relationships; individuals
reporting higher levels of stress are less forgiving of their partners, more likely to criticize and blame their partners, less satisfied in their relationships, show poorer communication skills, and are more likely to have their relationships end.1, 2 (Find more about the effects of stress spillover here.)
School teachers
report high levels of stress which impact on their engagement with pupils and effectiveness as a teacher.
Additionally, there was the interaction effect in personal stress that involved mothers of children with ASD
reporting higher levels of stress than the fathers of these children, while no differences in stress levels between mothers and fathers were found in the control group.
Alternatively, fathers
report higher levels of stress in relation to child externalising behaviours [39, 57], ASD symptoms [68], poor child sensory and cognitive awareness [32] and less social support [37].
While in some studies fathers have been found to report no direct impact of child characteristics on their subsequent wellbeing [47], in others, fathers
report higher levels of stress than mothers [68].
Not exact matches
Research from renowned psychologists Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough discovered «Grateful people
report higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism, and lower
levels of depression and
stress.»
Levy
reported that in a 2004 study
of suburban rail commuters taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan, «Wener and his coauthor Gary Evans found that the longer their test subjects» journey was, the
higher the
levels of cortisol (the primary
stress hormone) in their saliva, and the more difficult they found to focus on the task
of proofreading assigned them at the end
of their commute.»
What's more, those 9 - to - 5 schedules aren't a smart strategy: Employees with flexibility in their workday
report higher levels of job satisfaction and reduced
levels of burnout and psychological
stress, according to a study conducted over 12 months at a Fortune 500 company with 700 employees and published in the February issue
of American Sociological Review.
Most people
reported feeling the
highest levels of stress until 4:53 p.m. when end -
of - day relief sets in.
The children who were willing to delay gratification and waited to receive the second marshmallow ended up having
higher SAT scores, lower
levels of substance abuse, lower likelihood
of obesity, better responses to
stress, better social skills as
reported by their parents, and generally better scores in a range
of other life measures.
«Children in the UK are also
reporting much
higher levels of stress around how they're expected to look.
A Psychology Today study showed that millennials are
reporting the
highest levels of clinical anxiety,
stress and depression
of any other generation at the same age.
Mothers who have graduated from the programme are very positive about their parenting capability,
reporting high levels of warm parenting, low
levels of harsh discipline and
levels of parenting
stress similar to that in the normal population
Criticism
of crying it out and sleep training: Though CIO critics sometimes point to a 2012 study finding that babies»
levels of the
stress hormone cortisol remained
high even after they stopped crying and went to sleep on their own, that study has since been under fire for being too small (just 25 babies ages 4 to 10 months old) and flawed because there was no control group and no baseline cortisol
levels reported to define what study author Dr. Wendy Middlemiss
of the University
of North Texas meant by «
high.»
Mothers who breastfeed have been found to
report lower
levels of perceived
stress and negative mood,
higher levels of maternal attachment, and tend to perceive their infants more positively than mothers who formula - feed.9, 19 - 21 There is evidence to suggest that breastfeeding mothers may also spend more time in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study
of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and amygdala.
Using a new kind
of MRI measurement, neuroscientists
reported higher levels of oxidative
stress in patients with schizophrenia, when compared both to healthy individuals and those with bipolar disorder.
In a 2002 study that followed 174
of these kids, researchers
reported that 4 - year - olds living in stressful environments — their mothers were depressed, their parents fought, or there were financial difficulties — had
high levels of the
stress hormone cortisol in their saliva.
The researchers recruited the participating mothers from a low - resource and
high -
stress urban setting, with many
reporting high -
levels of depression, anxiety, worry, and
stress.
Females working in forensic science labs were almost two times more likely to
report high stress levels than males, according to the study, funded by the U.S. Department
of Justice.
Among general findings, as is the case every year since the survey began, women
reported significantly
higher stress levels than men (5.1 vs 4.4 on a 10 - point scale, where 1 is «little or no
stress» and 10 is «a great deal
of stress»).
Women
report more overall distress than men do and tend to experience
higher levels of psychophysiological symptoms in response to
stress — headaches, insomnia, muscle tension, anxiety, hostility, dizziness, nausea, pounding heart, lack
of motivation, and various acute and chronic illnesses.
Participants who
reported high anxiety about their relationships had the biggest spikes in cortisol
levels, but even those who
reported low
levels of stress and anxiety during the separation exhibited some degree
of increased cortisol and physical discomfort.
As expected, teens who
reported higher levels of interpersonal dependent
stress showed
higher levels of negative cognitive style and rumination at later assessments, even after the researchers took initial
levels of the cognitive vulnerabilities, depressive symptoms, and sex into account.
Dr. Yorks and her fellow researchers at the University
of New England College
of Osteopathic Medicine recruited 69 medical students — a group known for
high levels of stress and self -
reported low quality
of life — and allowed them to self - select into a twelve - week exercise program, either within a group setting or as individuals.
In 2010, researchers Amy Cuddy, Dana Carney and Andy Yap
reported that people who adopted expansive postures — so - called «power poses,» like putting your hands on your hips — had
higher levels of the «macho» hormone testosterone and lower
levels of the
stress hormone cortisol, and were more likely to take risks than those who struck more timid poses, such as crossing your arms.
Levels of the
stress hormone cortisol increased in all three cases, but surged about three times
higher in participants who saw the dominant smiles, the team
reports this month in Scientific R
reports this month in Scientific
ReportsReports.
Exposure to
high rates
of conflicting information during an emergency is linked to increased
levels of stress, and those who rely on text messages or social media
reports from unofficial sources are more frequently exposed to rumors and experience greater distress, according to research led by the University
of California, Irvine.
In an online survey
of 342 parents
of young children, those who
reported high levels of biospheric concern also
reported feeling the most
stressed about global climate change, while those whose concerns were more egoistic or altruistic did not
report significant
stress related to the phenomenon.
These days, 25 percent
of Americans experience
high levels of stress, and another 50 percent
report moderate
levels.
And University
of Pittsburgh researchers discovered that women who
reported feeling
high levels of stress over the course
of 20 years had decreased volume in the right side
of the hippocampus.
The survey also found that people who
report that the election is a source
of stress have a
higher overall
stress level than those who don't find the election stressful.