perceived stress

collocation in English

meaningsofperceiveandstress

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perceive
verb[T]
uk
/pəˈsiːv/
us
/pɚ-/
to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief ...
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stress
noun
uk
/stres/
us
/stres/
great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes ...
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(Definition ofperceiveandstressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Five domains were considered, including maternal reports ofperceivedstress, parenting hassles, social support, marital quality, and level of conflict in the home.
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The alternative explanation for the reported association is that increase in psychosis leads to moreperceivedstress.
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Its advantage is that it is short and enables repeated measures ofperceivedstressin large samples.
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The impact of a grief workshop for pediatric oncology nurses on their grief andperceivedstress.
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Social support,perceivedstressand depression following the death of a spouse in later life.
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The subjects had to mark which syllable theyperceivedstressto be on.
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Finally, for all three outcome measures, no significant interactions betweenperceivedstressand the moderators were detected (data not shown).
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As discussed, there were problems with the measurement ofperceivedstress, which have meant that the mediational hypothesis was not tested as rigorously as it could have been.
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Furthermore, some empirical evidence suggests that postnatal depression results in adverse effects on marital relationships, exacerbated worry about financial problems, and increasedperceivedstresslevels in the wider family (4).
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Burnout,perceivedstressand salivary cortisol upon awakening.
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Burnout,perceivedstressand cortisol responses to awakening.
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Perceivedstress, quitting smoking, and smoking relapse.
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High levels ofperceivedstressand increases in cortisol have been found to lengthen wound healing time in healthy, male adults.
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Normally, our body activates our fight-or-flight-response, and when theperceivedstressis over our body returns to a state of homeostasis.
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Additionally, elevated levels ofperceivedstresscan impact the effect of social support on health-related outcomes.
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While the scheme demonstrated several benefits, it was relatively ineffective in reducing the perceived stresses of the caring situation.
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Similarly, the effects that acute stressors have on the immune system may be increased when there isperceivedstressand/or anxiety due to other events.
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