measure of stress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeasureandstress
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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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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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Analyses were conducted separately for eachmeasureofstress.
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Fluctuating asymmetry : an epigeneticmeasureofstress.
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This is not a precise nor, in all probability, a suitablemeasureofstresssituations.
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In other words, do we draw the line at the very limit of themeasureofstressthat the animal can endure during its short life?
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Essentially, physiologic parameters are measured in order to assess sympathetic tone as a surrogatemeasureofstress.
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Second, singlemeasureofstressshould be selected.
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Skin conductance level indicates the amount of perspiration on the skin surface, which is ameasureofstressin the body.
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On the other hand, physiological measures of stress, particularly the excretion rates of catecholamines and glucocorticoids, provide a biological indication of stress levels.
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Although hormonal (cortisol) and behavioral (crying) measures may be different measures of stress reactivity, both are related to individual differences in attachment.
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This is one place where the addition of neurobiological measures of stress and emotion may aid in improving preventive intervention designs.
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If differences in glucocorticoid activity reflect stress, however, they may be associated with other measures of stress at the local population level.
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Unfortunately, our study lacks measures of stress, but we do have measures of physical and mental health to evaluate an indirect effect of bereavement on memory.
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Clearly, with the exception of this latter scale, subjective and even behavioral measures of stress are not strongly associated with children's long-term retention of stressful medical procedures.
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Two questions arise, namely, are there measures of stress that we can use to predict the survivability of event memory and what individual difference factors serve to modulate stress responses?
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This lack of specificity is not surprising, given that most research to date has been based on aggregate measures of stress and, often, on nonspecific measures of psychopathology.
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However, several other measures of stress can be defined.
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