Psychological stressor
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Related Terms
aggression, conflict, isolation /deprivation, psychic activity level, psychological adaptation, psychological shock, psychosocial separation, travel
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Scope Note
psychological stimulus which elicits a stress reaction.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- A greater reduction in high-frequency heart rate variability to a psychological stressor is associated with subclinical coronary and aortic calcification in postmenopausal women.
- These data suggest that absolute heart rate response during and after repeated exposure to a psychological stressor is lower for aerobically trained individuals.
- One especially potent psychological stressor is belief in the “Santa myth.
- An example of an internal psychological stressor is intense worry about a harmful event that may or may not occur.
- At other times some carefully worded posthypnotic suggestions can help the patient to react normally next time the same psychological stressor is encountered.
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