Sentences with phrase «stressing over studies»

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In a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research that examined the impact of mental stress on food choices, a majority of the participants selected an unhealthy food (chocolate cake) over a healthy food (fruit) after completing a complicated memorization task.

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.

And, over time, those benefits could really add up: One animal study found that regular exercise actually reorganizes parts of the brain, making it less reactive to stress.

PsyBlog sums up one study on the subject which entailed showing some research participants a video on the idea that stress can be enhancing: «This led to them reporting better performance at work and fewer psychological problems over the subsequent two weeks.

Over the past 24 months, we have pored over tons of medical research and studies about the effects of breathing, audio, and affection on stress - related insomOver the past 24 months, we have pored over tons of medical research and studies about the effects of breathing, audio, and affection on stress - related insomover tons of medical research and studies about the effects of breathing, audio, and affection on stress - related insomnia.

In 2016, Knoll performed a separate study of over 1,400 knowledge workers across 14 countries to determine the relationship between the design of the environment with creativity, productivity, happiness, stress, and satisfaction.

The study found that the children were 33 per cent more likely to abstain from sexual activity over a two - year period than children who attended interventions stressing the importance of safesex or of maintaining good health generally.

Neuroscientists have over the past decade uncovered evidence, both in rodent and human studies, that parental caregiving, especially in moments of stress, affects children's development not only on the level of hormones and brain chemicals, but even more deeply, on the level of gene expression.

While some homework might be beneficial for older students, both Dr. Pope and the new study really stress quality over quantity.

The study also suggests that over time, massage therapy has a stress - reducing or «pacifying effect» to infants.

Over the past three years, Ms. Vuolo has taught classes for young adults on various wellness topics including time management, stress reduction, sleep hygiene, physical fitness, nutrition, mindfulness and study skills.

Chinese study with 203 mothers also found that there were statistically and clinically significant differences in back pain level, stress and anxiety levels, as well as pressure level over the lower abdomen before and after the birth ball exercise.

One study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology demonstrated that expectant moms who did 45 minutes of water aerobics twice weekly over the course of 6 weeks experienced an increased sense of well - being, and a reduction in stress and fatigue.

The second phase of the study reports results from 53 healthy, non-obese men and women between ages 21 and 50 who cut calories by 15 % over 2 years and underwent additional measurements for metabolism and oxidative stress.

«We know the endogenous cannabinoid system is very dynamic; it goes through changes over the life span,» says Ryan McLaughlin, a researcher who studies cannabis and stress at Washington State University and was not involved in the current work.

«We determined we need to be irrigating at 75 percent of our past ET levels as estimated with the current model and finding hybrids that better tolerate stress,» Brauer said, adding this was from studies conducted by Xu and Marek over several years.

Stressed trees no longer store as much CO2 The U.K. - Brazil research team that produced the new study used satellite measurements of dry season rainfall to estimate the magnitude of the two droughts over a study area of 5.3 million square kilometers in the southwest Amazon.

Cathi Propper, a developmental psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her colleagues studied infants at several periods over their first year of life, inducing stress by separating them from their mothers.

It may be that «acute» stress, i.e. a one - time stressful experience may lead to social bonding, as shown in the study, but that «chronic» stress, i.e. repeated exposure to stress over a long period, might wear us out.

Danielle Bassett, a physicist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, studies the organizational principles at work in the brain, and how connections within the organ change over time and under stress.

Genotoxic stress — the kind that can damage a cell's DNA — causes hair to whiten over time, according to a new study.

Using the Canadian Work, Stress, and Health Study (CANWSH), a national sample of Canadian workers, the researchers measured proficiency, or mastery, by asking study participants how much they agree or disagree with statements such as: «You have little control over the things that happen to you» and «You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.&rStudy (CANWSH), a national sample of Canadian workers, the researchers measured proficiency, or mastery, by asking study participants how much they agree or disagree with statements such as: «You have little control over the things that happen to you» and «You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.&rstudy participants how much they agree or disagree with statements such as: «You have little control over the things that happen to you» and «You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.»

«We are in the midst of a major environmental change that will continue to stress corals over the coming decades, so the lesson from this study is that there are these systems such as coral reefs that are sensitive to environmental change and can go through this kind of wholesale collapse in response to these environmental changes,» Cobb said.

Although symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to the Great East Japan Earthquake seem to have improved over time, there is evidence of persistent problems with depression, reports the study by Dr. Shuntaro Ando of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science and colleagues.

However, that's not the full story — this stress spills over and affects the health of their partner as well,» said William Chopik, an assistant professor of psychology who conducted the study with current and former MSU students.

«This obligation was described as stressful, and the present study suggests the stress may be spilling over into their leisure.»

The academies» study also stressed that concerns over proliferation of nuclear weapons may continue to outweigh the need to reform Western export controls, at least until Russia establishes effective export controls of its own.

At least one study of storm - ravaged areas in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi suggests that mental - health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, worsened over time.

A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences follows more than 7,000 households in Indonesia over 15 years to conclude that sudden disasters in fact have a much smaller impact on provincial migration than heat stress.

Age may have something to do with it, too, according to a 2014 study by researchers at the University of Iowa, especially if a life of stress has released certain hormones that can affect the brain over time.

That's the conclusion of a new study that used measurements of an array of human pressures on the ocean — from acidification to overfishing — to make a map of where those factors combined into stressed - out hotspots, as well as how the combinations of stressors had changed over time.

Wet bulb globe temperature is the heat stress metric used by the International Organization for Standardization, and it has well - validated thresholds for when humans can safely work, giving it advantages over alternative metrics such as heat index, said study co-author Chao Li, a hydroclimatology scientist at the University of Victoria in Canada.

According to one recent study, «These changes in stress tolerance are likely the by - product of plant breeders selecting for yield at high plant populations and over a wide range of growing environments.»

Some evidence suggests that maternal stress, obesity, pesticides, and advanced parental age may increase the risk of ASDs but Dr Baxter said that better recognition of the disorders and changed diagnostic criteria were more likely to explain different study findings over time.

According to the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES), increased levels of toxic stress over time can lead to inflammation and chronic illness.

One meta - analysis of more than 300 studies over 30 years found what you already know: Chronic stress can also crash your immune system.

According to a study published Thursday in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, engaging in enjoyable leisure activities can lower stress hormones and blood pressure, make you feel better all over, and reduce your waist circumference and body mass index (although Im pretty sure the Friday night gala all - you - could - eat seafood buffet probably canceled out those last two benefits).

The study focused on behavior problems, stress levels, couple relationships, family function and relationship adjustments over time.

Whatever the parents» sexual orientation, children in the study had fewer behavior problems over time if adoptive parents said they had less parenting stress, Farr noted.

A 2014 study published in Human Reproduction looked at about 400 couples over a 12 - month span and found that women who had the highest levels of alpha - amylase, a stress biomarker, had twice the risk of being infertile compared to those with the lowest levels.

The significant improvements in stress may have occurred because yoga provides its practitioners with ways to gain more control over their lives, thereby reducing stress, the study authors surmised.

Likewise, studies show that DB press allows you to put less stress over the shoulders and the wrists, and this movement freedom will guarantee you hit the muscles from every angle.

A study conducted at the Endocrinology & Metabolism Unit of Evgenidion Hospital in Greece states that «The incidence of both obesity and the metabolic syndrome in modern Western societies has taken epidemic proportions over the past decades and often correlates with indices of stress in the affected populations.

He stressed the importance of meditation over medication and gave countless great examples of studies done to show the value of meditation in personal well - being.

Studies show that over 50 % of visits to doctors are related to stress.

«Although blood pressure is an indicator of long - term stress and changes more slowly over time, pulse rate has been shown to accurately reflect acute stress and anxiety,» state the study's authors.

The small study tracked nearly 70 medical students over 12 weeks because they are a group known for being pretty stressed out with a lower quality of life based on the hours they pull.

They found that in the case of stress and anxiety caused by work, personal relationships, life constraints and finances, over the nine - year study, there was a statistically significant increase in weight gain.

We've talked a lot about stress over the last couple episodes, and stress is, maybe not just in my mind, but based on a lot of studies, stress could be a greater contributor to hypertension and heart disease than salt.

Based on the logical assumption that chronic stress might underlie these fatigue syndromes, researchers have been conducting well - controlled studies for over two decades to try to find a link between cortisol levels and fatigue syndromes.