...New insights into how cells cope with stress could help combat neurological diseases and reduce the ravages of aging. Scientists have known for years that moderate stressors, such as a calorie-restricted diet, increase lifespan in a variety of organisms. Now new research is illuminating how this works at the molecular level. A particular protein is key in regulating at least one aspect of the stress response and may be a good model for anti-aging drugs. "What we have here is an essential protective pathway that now looks like a very effective therapeutic target," said biologist Richard Morimoto of Northwestern University. Most research on this protein, called sirtuin1 (SIRT1), has concentrated on its ability to regulate and protect mitochondria — cellular power generators that are corroded over time by reactive oxygen molecules. But SIRT1 also protects DNA in the cell nucleus. Morimoto’s findings, published Thursday in Science, give a precise mechanical explanation for the effects. Cells have evolved a particular response to stay alive in adverse conditions. When a cell starts getting too hot, too hungry or too oxygen-deprived, certain proteins migrate into the nucleus. There, they latch onto sections of DNA and cause heat-shock proteins to be produced. Heatshock proteins — so named because they were first discovered in cells experiencing high temperatures — cruise around the cell, fixing damaged or improperly folded proteins. "Proteins are very delicate," Morimoto said. "Any...
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...CADV 450 19 January 2014 Stress and Coping in Relation to School Stress stimuli can be presented in almost any situation and carry on into other situations. Stress can interfere with a lot in a person’s life and come can come from and/or affect one’s health, happiness, education, the list goes on. What is important is learning how to deal with those stress factors. This is where coping strategies come in. In our online class, we spoke about coping and stress from a Child Life Specialist point of view. One of the goals of a CLS is to make a situation that is stressful easier to cope with. This is important for teachers as well. One of a teacher’s main goal is to provide the appropriate tools for students to help them learn new things. As observers, teacher should be able to recognize stress stimuli and help students cope with their stress so that it does not interfere with their schoolwork. In my paper, I will focus on and provide examples of stress displayed in school settings that ultimately affect one’s ability to focus on the curriculum and ways to cope with those stressors. Then I will reflect on what I have learned and why this topic is important to me. This topic is interesting to me because I plan to become a teacher and I believe that having the ability to cope with stressors is a powerful tool to have in life. A huge percent of children in the United States have divorced parents. For children, divorce can create confusion, anger, sadness, etc. According to the...
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...10/2/2014 How Couples Can Cope with Professional Stress - Jackie Coleman , and John Coleman - Harvard Business Review HBR Blog Network How Couples Can Cope with Professional Stress by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman | 10:00 AM January 29, 2014 Most of us are familiar with the cycle. At work, the pressure to be “always on,” to meet deadlines, to serve the demands of colleagues or customers, or to deal with a difficult coworker can create stress that leaks into our personal lives. This stress can cause us to be impatient with romantic partners or kids or to neglect our duties at home, creating a vicious cycle of anxiety outside the office that makes work stresses even harder to face. There are countless examples of couples driven to the edge by work-related stress. And psychological studies have shown (http://www.ncfr.org/ncfrreport/focus/couples/stress-bad-couples-right) that outside stressors — particularly stress at work — can push relationships to the breaking point. But they don’t have to. The vicious cycle of work–home stress can become a virtuous cycle when partners learn to cope with stress together. We are social beings who tend to be happier when connected to others (http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/connecting/connection-happiness) . Our romantic partner is, almost by definition, the person on whom we rely to provide support, and recent research has shown (PDF) (http://austinmarriageproject.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Neff__Broady_2011.220154440...
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...------------------------------------------------- Stress and Coping This paper defines the theory of stress and coping and applies it to multiple scenarios. Also included are ways the process can be expanded to include those that cannot cope. ------------------------------------------------- Stress and Coping This paper defines the theory of stress and coping and applies it to multiple scenarios. Also included are ways the process can be expanded to include those that cannot cope. Psy. 320 Psy. 320 Stress and Coping The theory chosen for this paper was the stress and coping theory created by Lazarus. Lazarus stated that stress is directly linked to coping. An explanation of the stress and coping theory will be given followed by two real life scenarios. These scenarios will be analyzed for both how they are applicable to this theory and how they are not. These scenarios will be further explored to assess the need to develop and create new theoretical models of motivation in today’s changing work environment, and what the ramification may be for failing to do so. The theory behind stress and coping is one that can be explained better with a series of chained events used to illustrate the process of coping. First there is an influencing factor. This can be personal or situational. This is followed by a primary appraisal. The primary appraisal is how a person deems the situation harmful or harmless. If a person deems the situation as harmless there is no stress and therefore...
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...Stress Management Training: Facilitator’s Manual Learning Materials for “Helping Health Workers Cope,” a Project of Concern Worldwide’s Innovations for Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health and the Community Association for Psychosocial Services (CAPS) December 2012 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... ii Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................... ii Use of Material ............................................................................................................................. ii Manual Development ................................................................................................................... iii I. Training Overview ................................................................................................................ 1 II. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 3 III. What Is Stress? ................................................................................................................... 5 IV. How Do We React To Stress? ............................................................................................. 8 V. Exploring our Sources of Stress..............................
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...Stress is simply a reaction to stimulus that disturbs our physical and mental equilibrium. In psychology stress is a feeling of strain and pressure. Small amounts of stress maybe desired, beneficial, and even healthy. Positive stress improves athletic performance. It also plays a factor in motivation, adaptation, and reaction to the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, may lead to bodily harm. Stress will increase the rest of strokes, heart attacks, ulcers, dwarfism, and mental illnesses such depression. People can counter the effects of stress by changing their lifestyle such as diet, excise, meditation, and social support. Stress is the combination of psychological, physiological, and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes, stress is helpful, providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need. Stress could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a marathon, for example. This good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately, stress is often not helpful and can even be harmful when not managed effectively. Stress could make a salesperson buckle under the pressure while trying to make a sales pitch at an important business meeting, for example. Moreover, stress can increase the risk of developing health problems, such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorders. This bad kind of stress is called distress, the kind of stress that people usually...
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...Stress James Farrar From the moment of birth to the end of life one way or another we all have to deal with stress. Each of us cope with stress in our own way because there are some many different types of stress from self- imposed to environmental, there seems to be no end to it. What determines the extant of the damage done by the effects of whatever stress that is imposed is the ability to cope with, process and or deal with whichever type of stress one has to handle. It is my belief that most stress is self- imposed by that I mean a lot of the problems we face every day are brought on by poor decisions which can lead to undue amounts of stress. Through long periods of isolation and dehumanization I have personally had to deal with some stresses that would have rendered the average person delirious. It is also my belief as previously stated that each and every one of us copes with stress in our own way, what may drive one person crazy may not bother another. There are some people I know that crumble when the slightest thing goes wrong and then there are others who step up when put under pressure. The above really only covers the obvious, there are instances such as some children born with debilitating diseases or say someone who was born blind, they would still have to deal with the disability but learning to cope with it or maybe just absence of stimuli makes it easier to handle, it may also...
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...Stress can affect us in many different ways, and we need to learn to cope with it effectively. TO have some pressure in our lives is normal and, indeed, unavoidable. But when there is too much pressure, or it goes on for too long, and it becomes more than we can cope with, then our health can suffer. This unpleasant reaction to too much pressure or other types of demands placed on us is called stress. Think of blood pressure – we all have it, but when it gets high, we should do something about it. Stress is just the same. What is stress? When we find ourselves under some kind of pressure, our bodies respond automatically by releasing adrenaline to ensure we are prepared for action and are able to meet the challenges before us: •Muscles become tense •Our breathing becomes faster and shallower in an effort to get more air into the body, and we may feel breathless •Heart races •We feel like we want to run, yet legs might turn to jelly •The mind is racing and we may feel dizzy and lightheaded •We have difficulty swallowing •We may feel sick •We shiver or sweat more than usual This automatic reaction to a threatening situation is known as the “fight or flight” response. The body produces hormones, including one called adrenaline, which help prepare our bodies either to run away or be poised and ready to react. These changes are short-lived and recede when the pressure or threat stops. The body’s response sharpens our mental and physical skills, focuses our attention...
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...(RSCH - 8100Y - 2) Dr. Medha Talpade April 27, 2014 Introduction Stress is any physical or natural force that if not controlled, can bring severe mental distress to an individual. Stress can be a natural part of life that allows the individual to learn and mature. If stress is left unattended, major problems will occur. If a stress is ignored, an individual will lose their ability to function. If the response to stress is deficient or if the stress itself is overwhelming, sickness or death will occur (Stress. 2014). The purpose of this study is to determine how well an individual can manage stress and to what extent coping skills control stress. Stress has become a way of life. Stress and its deleterious effects have become widespread. Coping measures are exceedingly important in managing the effects of severe stress. This study will be able to substantially supplement past studies and add additional data to the stockpile of medical knowledge. The object of this study will be to discover at what point do personal coping skills lose their effectiveness and the impact of injurious stress threaten a person’s well being (Marnocha, 2003). Purpose Statement The purpose of this quantitative study is to determine the degree to which individuals have to undergo stress before coping skills break down and the barriers to injurious stress that threatens a person’s well-being. The ability to manage stress has been studied and researched by a number of prominent researchers. These...
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...STRESS and COPING Will Seitz ABS 200 11/03/2014 Instructor Clark Ashford University STRESS 1 Throughout the course of this class we have been learning about the different disciplines of applied behavioral science, to understand what applied behavioral science is we have to define it. Applied behavioral science is the application of different disciplines or knowledge of psychology to understand and find solutions to human behavior. Here you would use the specific psychological discipline you are trained in to conduct risk assessments and delve into why we humans do what we do. In week three we were asked to choose a specific case study from a list and follow it through the course, my case study was about stress and coping. The subject of my case study was named Jamiel. I decided on this particular case study because it had to deal with stress and coping, something that everyone deals with on a daily basis. The focus of the study was a series of unfortunate events that kept compounding on top of each other to snowball frustrations into all out panic and the feeling of despair. Stress is a precursor to causing many different kinds of physiological and psychological troubles, but what is stress? Stress according to What is Stress, “Stress occurs when pressure exceeds your perceived ability to cope“, (Palmer & Cooper, 2007). It was this kind of pressure that our case study subject Jamiel had to deal with on his way to the office, once...
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...What is Stress and Anxiety? Stress and anxiety are not one in the same, but they do work hand in hand with one another. Stress allows one to notice alarming or problematic situations in which one would have to counteract the situation to lower their stress levels. Without stress in our lives, we would have no motivation to do anything or go anywhere. Stress helps motivate people to act on certain feelings and emotions. When one cannot adapt to their stress levels, it will start to take over their daily lives. Once this happens, one can recognize symptoms of being ill, having increased anxiety levels, or even start feeling unhappy or fatigued. When these symptoms are noticed, you have a bigger problem. Some can think of anxiety as long term stress. Anxiety is not something that is specific to any given situation. Anxiety is a fear gone wild; a generalized send of dread about something that is out there that seems menacing – but that in truth is not menacing, and may not even be out there [ (Grohol Psy. D., 2013) ]. The Link between Stress and Anxiety Stress can cause many changes within the body of someone where their anxiety and stress have taken over. Stress can reduce hormone function, damage organs, weaken your immune system, put you at greater risk of cancer, can cause memory loss and concentrations issues, and increase your risk of developing mental health disorders [ (Stress and Anxiety, 2013) ]. One of the most important issues stress can cause is mental health disorders...
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...Dealing with Police Stress Police officers have one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, also police deal with the most stress than any other profession. Police see, smell, and hear things that would be very displeasing to most other people. There are many things that can cause a police officer stress, and thankfully there are ways to treat this stress. In the next paragraph I will be explaining what can cause officers stress. Like I had stated earlier, there are many influences on the stress of a police officer. Most of these stresses that officers would deal with would break down any person not strong enough to cope with them. Police officers deal with situations that can vary, for instance, one minute an officer is talking to a lost motorist giving them directions, the next they are responding to a robbery in progress call. Other situations that would affect a police officer under stress and fatigue including; Poor management, inadequate or broken equipment, excessive overtime, frequent rotating shifts, or regular changes in duties. This can wear a person down over time. Police officers can deal with situations from the stressful work hours to dealing with death and danger. Others may find it especially stressful having to deal with the public, they are generally good people, but it can get stressful having the public think the officers can solve all their problems, just because you’re a cop. Dealing with any of these stresses for long periods of time without...
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...The problem in my life that I would like to solve is how to manage my stress better. I believe this is called stress management. Stress management is designed to help people reduce or cope with stress. A certain amount of stress is considered healthy and beneficial for people to have. But there are those that get stressed out over everything in their life and that is the stress that needs to be managed. The type of information I will gather to help me solve this problem are articles about stress and where stress comes from and articles on how to cope with stress in a healthy manner. These articles are available in various magazines and are reprinted on the health sites found on the internet. Since there are so many sites dedicated to stress management, it will be a challenge to read everything and decide which ones are reliable and which ones are not. There are many articles written by doctors, nurses, and health enthusiasts about stress management. The first step to fixing my problem is to gather information. Once all the information is gathered, the next step is to read it all through. As I read the information, I will be making notes and writing down which article I took the notes from. When everything has been read, I will then go through my notes and see if there are duplicates. Then I will correlate all my thoughts into cohesive sentences. My thoughts on how to get the information I need are is what I am reading valid? How much research did the author of this article...
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...have a 36 percent average age of death and females have a 64 percent average age of death and therefore males have 28 percentage points lower average age of death than females. The second empirical generalization was on the basis of the race and gender graph. In this graph females had a higher median age of death than any other category. The last empirical generalization expresses a graph that shows the data of race and sex. The data showed that white females have a significantly higher median age of death than men and black females, as well as black females had a higher average than men. The paradigms I choose to support my empirical generalizations are conflict theory on the macro level which suggests in this case that inequalities of stress and social security are factors for why women live longer than men. Exchange behaviorism on the micro level is the second paradigm which suggests that choices and activities such...
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...Describes at least three physiological stress reactions Kyle is likely experiencing. | Accurate and complete descriptions of at least three physiological stress reactions. Fully supports descriptions. | Describes at least three physiological stress reactions. Most examples accurately identify physiological stress reactions. Needs minor detail or support to be accurate or complete. | Partial description of three physiological stress reactions OR most examples are not physiological stress reactions. Needs significant detail or support to be complete. | | Points Possible | 10 | 9-7 | 6-1 | POINTS EARNED = | (10 points)2. Describes at least three psychological stress reactions Kyle is likely experiencing. | Accurate and complete descriptions of at least three psychological stress reactions. Fully supports descriptions. | Describes at least three psychological stress reactions. Most examples accurately identify psychological stress reactions. Needs minor detail or support to be accurate or complete. | Partial description of three psychological stress reactions OR most examples are not psychological stress reactions. Needs significant detail or support to be complete. | | Points Possible | 20-19 | 18-14 | 13-1 | POINTS EARNED = | (20 points)3. Discusses at least three effective strategies that Kyle could use to help cope with both psychological and physiological reactions to stress. | Complete discussion of at least...
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