Cohen found a positive correlation, as stress levels increased so did the likeliness of illness. However Evans et al (1994) says the effects of stress are not always negative and can even enhance the immune system. Evans looked at the effects of stress by studying the activity if one particular antibody- sIgA. He arranged for students to give talks to other students (mild acute stress). These students showed an increase in sIgA whereas during the examination period, which stretched over several weeks, the levels of sIgA decreased.
Sleep habits and patterns of college students Issues: In the study, they used psychometrically reliable and valid instruments consisting of quantitative items to explore the prevalence of sleep difficulties in a sample of college students. Procedures: The sample consisted of 191 undergraduates’ student. They recruited student volunteers from psychology courses. Students who agreed to participate were given a survey packet that included a copy of the SQI (Sleep Quality Index), a sleep-habit questionnaire, and a brief series of demographic questions. Findings: 1.
This assignment will be looking at the patterns of health and illness amongst the social groups of gender, age, ethnicity, location and social class, in order to identify if there are links between social groups and a population’s state of health/ill health. Women are more likely to develop a cognitive health disorder compared to men. According to The Guardian (2013), ‘women are approximately 75% more likely than men to report recently having suffered from depression, and around 60% more likely to report an anxiety disorder.’ Arguably, this may be because women perform a ‘triple shift’- going to work in the day and coming home to perform domestic work & emotional work; listening to their partner talk about their day & offering them emotional support. This in turn can lead them to becoming depressed, as they have to take on the problems of their partners, as well as their own problems, and feeling like there is no-one else to talk to. Additionally, these figures may be this high, due to women being more likely to go to the doctor when there is something wrong with their health, whereas men will put off going to the doctors.
Once in a while overtime may be beneficial, but logbooks indicate that it is been used too frequently in hospitals and other nursing facilities. In fact, a study has shown that of 5317 work shifts, 40% exceeded 12 hours (Rogers, Hwang, Scott, Aiken, & Dinges, 2004). In some instances, nurses are notified only an hour prior to knowing that they will be staying overtime. Nurses can be subjected to threats of disciplinary action or dismissal from their job if they refuse to stay the extra shift (Widowfield, 2004). This often leaves nurses feeling powerless over their work life as well as their personal life.
Nurses can end up working long days and nights, overtime work, rotating shifts, and weekend work. This work is often mandatory overtime. Increased workloads and high levels of fatigue have been related to an increased risk of errors. Nurses who notice a lack of control in their work environments have an increased risk of burnout. Individuals seem to be more satisfied with their jobs when they feel that they have some sort of control over how they perform their job.
I recently worked in an Intensive Care Unit and aggressive patient were always a potential problem sometimes from alcohol withdrawals or other times from an acute medical condition. I wish there were more studies on the use of chemical restraints as far as when they are deemed appropriate and how often they are used incorrectly. I used to get frustrated when I would see a patient snowed when I came on to shift and I wondered if it was because that nurse just didn't want to deal with the time consuming behavior and problems that patient would cause or if the medication given was for justified reasons as the patient was that out of
There has been a lot of research into the effects of daily hassles on stress levels. One study was carried out in 2007 by Bouteyre et al and it investigated the relationship between daily hassles and the mental health of students that are going through the transition period from school to university life. The participants were first year psychology students in a French university and they completed the hassles part of the HSUP and the BDI which were then compared to see if daily hassles did affect stress. The results showed that 41% of the participants displayed symptoms of stress and there was a positive correlation in the results. This shows that daily hassles are a significant factor that effect stress and depression.
A study was conducted by Dr. Graham Emslie, a professor at UT Southwestern, within the last decade that included 334 teenagers, all of whom suffered from major depression. In the study, the researchers looked at the types of treatment each participant was receiving in order to treat his or her depression. It was concluded from the study that those participants that were unresponsive to their initial antidepressant “responded when they switched to a different antidepressant and participated in cognitive behavioral therapy” (Drug Week, 2008). Using these results Emslie concluded that “medication and therapy do not have to be independent of each other” (Drug Week, 2008). Dr. Emslie states in her report that “if you haven’t had a good response with antidepressants,
Age, Stress and Satisfaction with Life Differences Among People Who Have Morningness/Eveningness Preferences. Ayesha Riaz PSS110 Assignment 2 Student number: 9916911 Due Date: 28-04-2013 Tutor: Catherine Cornan Abstract There has been a lot of research done in the past on individual differences in chronotype. This study aimed to find differences in stress and satisfaction with life among people who have morningness or eveningness preferences. Data was collected through an online survey of 304 Psychology undergraduate students. Results of the study showed that older people scored higher on morningness than younger group and that morning type individuals had higher levels of satisfaction with life and lower levels of stress compared with the evening type individuals.
Christopher Duffy “Discuss how stress can affect the mature student and how one can reduce the impact of it” Applied writing May 2009-02-18 Introduction This essay will focus on the causes and effect of stress in the mature student as well as examining ways of identifying and combating stress. It will discuss exactly what, if anything makes the lives of mature students more stressful than other students. Results of a recent study published in a British journal of educational taking over 2 year period on 134 university students found that “mature students achieved a higher final degree GPA compared to younger under graduates, with female mature students significantly out performing their counter parts in each assessment” (shared). These results would indicate that a mature student feels less stressed than a younger one, however a results are based solely on academic success in can be assumed that this is due to maturity levels and a greater understanding of what they want, it is hard to learn anything on the students state of mind during this period. According to figures published by the HEA (Higher Education Authority) 9.4% of third level students are mature students (2008).