emotional stress

collocation in English

meaningsofemotionalandstress

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emotional
adjective
uk
/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/
us
/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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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 ofemotionalandstressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the psychoanalytic or psychodynamic idea tradition, these types of defense mechanisms, or "ego controls," are considered to be activated to regulateemotionalstress.
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Recently developed, associated withemotionalstress(permanent redness of the face not included).
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The focus was on basal cortisol secretion and production in response to interpersonal situations intended to elicitemotionalstress.
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As children mature, they develop increasingly sophisticated capacities for managing theemotionalstressof separations from their caregivers.
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This article will address these issues with reference to the literature on the effects ofemotionalstresson memory.
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I gathered from them that they were in a time of greatemotionalstress.
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It is aiming at helping nurses find meaning in their work and better cope withemotionalstressand suffering.
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The resulting separations causedemotionalstressand hardship for women.
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Strong language, but not surprising, given theemotionalstressunder which it is used.
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Thirdly,emotionalstressreactivity has been defined in terms of emotional reactivity towards subjective stress.
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Parental imprisonment can precipitate a loss of family income,emotionalstressamong children's caregivers, disrupted prisoner-caregiver relationships, and house and neighborhood moves.
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Staff forums or group meetings provided an opportunity for cathartic ventilation and gaining a better perspective on the situation and on sources ofemotionalstress.
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Emotionalstresswas classed as 'low' if the cumulative score was 0-10, and 'moderate to high' if over 10.
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The continual fighting and dying, the mounting disfigured bodies of comrades, the sleeplessness and fatigue, theemotionalstress, all had taken their toll on the combatants.
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Almost all (94 per cent) reportedemotionalstressas a result of caregiving, mentioning sadness (24 per cent) and anxiousness (23 per cent) as specific troubling emotions.
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The result of lack of diagnosis is only too often that the child involved comes under the most tremendousemotionalstress.
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During its early stages the symptoms may occur only as a result of extreme physical activity oremotionalstress, and they disappear again after rest.
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They suffer financial hardship,emotionalstress, and great unhappiness and distress for long periods.
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Families find it difficult to put up with theemotionalstressand the violence.
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