Stress and Quality of Life
Stress is the body's response to any action that disturbs the equilibrium or a stable state of health. This impact can be both emotional and physical. Nowadays people do not need to hunt for wild animals to feed themselves and do not need to run away from predators. The main idea is that stress is a widespread experience that negatively impacts the quality of life.
Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer et al. (2010) wrote an article named "Chronic stress experience in young physicians: impact of person- and workplace-related factors." The authors had the objective to consider the impact of workplace factors on stress in young physicians. Nearly 443 physicians took part in the experience, they reported about their working conditions, rewards, mood, professional and emotional support. The authors informed that stress at work is considered to be a result of an interaction of a person with the demands of a work environment. Stressors in medicine are nearly the same as in other spheres. The next idea is that overcommitted people suffer from wrong perceptions of demands and their resources more often than their colleagues because they are satisfied by their profession only if their work is appreciated. The research revealed that people deal with stress depending on their personal characteristics, reactions and coping tendencies. As mentioned, overcommitment is a great risk factor to experience stressful situations at work. The analysis indicated that the Effort-Reward Imbalance is a risk factor for stress, and Satisfaction with working conditions and Professional Support are stress protective factors. In other words, the study proved that personal characteristics and workplace-related factors equally impact stress experience. The authors mentioned that there should be implemented methods to deal with work-related factors, give professional a support and reward.
Paula Cristobai-Narvaez et al. (2016) write an article named "Impact of Adverse Childhood! Experiences on Psychotic-Like Symptoms and Stress Reactivity in Daily Life in No clinical Young Adults." The article is devoted to the problems regarding the association of different childhood adversities with psychotic symptoms. The authors conducted a study and nearly 206 people took part in it. Everything comes from the idea that a childhood adversity is a risk factor for schizophrenic phenomenology. Paula Cristobai-Narvaez et al. (2016) proposed that childhood adversities may pose a risk for psychosis symptoms in adults. The authors revealed that all childhood adverse cases were related to stressful factors in daily life. The main idea is that the findings proved that stress reactivity has roots in stressful childhood and traumas. The results proved the hypotheses that maltreatment and victimization are linked to real expressions of symptoms. The study was the first research that investigated that impact of childhood adversities on reactions to stress.
Works Cited
Buddeberg-Fischer, Barbara, et al. (2010). "Chronic stress experience in young physicians:
impact of person- and workplace-related factors." Int Arch Occup Environ Health.
83:373-379.
Cristobai-Narvaez, Paula et al. (2016). "Impact of Adverse Childhood! Experiences on
Psychotic-Like Symptoms and Stress Reactivity in Daily Life in No clinical Young
Adults." PLoS ONE. 11 (4).
