source of stress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandstress
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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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 ofsourceandstressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Several studies have identified both the contagious nature of the infection and the link with sexuality as being asourceofstress.
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Rejection of this idea can also be asourceofstress, because they cannot then even admit their fear to themselves.
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Spending time, effort and goods on others can be asourceofstress.
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One uniquesourceofstressfor parents may be the shock of having a child with a developmental disability.
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Overall, perceived social supports are critically important as asourceofstressand are linked to cultural contexts amenable to intervention.
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Our findings indicate that, particularly for males, youths' perceptions of teachers are critically important as asourceofstress.
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Change, as the product of modernization or contact with another culture, was seen as a possiblesourceofstressand subsequent maladaptation.
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It is an internalsourceofstressthat is based much more on the self-perceptions of group members.
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In their view, anothersourceofstressis the challenge of learning to read.
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A secondsourceofstressfor single mothers is that their social role may be seen as deviant by those around them.
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A fundamental postulate of clinical psychiatry holds that the majorsourceofstressprecipitating psychiatric disorders involves the affective response to a rupture or loss of a significant relationship.
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This is thesourceofstress-related disease.
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So their inability to obtain mobility support is a furthersourceofstressand strain in an already difficult situation.
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We heard the old myth that part-time work is asourceofstressand is somehow second-rate work.
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Perhaps the biggest singlesourceofstressis the shortage of nursing and support staff.
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This is usually possible by eliminating the dog'ssourceofstress.
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Parental workload (which, by definition, includes working on the weekend) may also be asourceofstress.
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Her chosen occupation became a constantsourceofstressfor her father.
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Many pupils also say that the exam is a greatsourceofstress.
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