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Stress and Disease Dr. Donald B. Giddon Harvard University, Fall 2013 Types of Stressors Question I - What factors are stressful for a given individual ?. Types of Stressors. Physical Biological Chemical Psychosocial. What makes an event or stressor stressful?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Stress and Disease
Dr. Donald B. Giddon Harvard University, Fall 2013
Types of Stressors Question I - What factors are stressful for a given individual?
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Types of Stressors
• Physical• Biological• Chemical• Psychosocial
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What makes an event or stressor stressful?
• Differences between animals and humans– Sapolsky– Executive monkey
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- Radiation- Physical Impact- Trauma- Crowding
Population density
Physical Stressors
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Biological Stressors• Predators• Micro-organisms• Food supply• Sleep deprivation• Substance withdrawal• Allergens
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Chemical Stressors•Toxins • Water• Airborne • Chemical
weapons• Environmental
pollutants
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Biological Stressors – Food
Each year, about 76 million people in the United States become ill from the food they eat, and about 5,000 of them die.
According to the C.S.P.I.*, the riskiest foods are:1. Leafy greens2. Eggs3. Tuna
*Center for Science in the Public Interest
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/top-10-food-poisoning-risks/7
CROWDING
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CROWDING9
CROWDING (at the wrong time in the wrong place in the wrong job)
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Species Differences for Crowding as a Stressor
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It is sometimes difficult to separate space as a physical stressor from space as a psychosocial stressor
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Interpersonal Impact - Personal Space, cf. with Crowding as a Physical Stressor
13Hall, E.T. The Hidden Dimension. Anchor, 1990
Psychosocial StressorsSource:
• Family and significant othersoCare giversoSiblings oGenerational oBirth order
• Friends• Roommates • Colleagues
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•Occupation oTrainingoResponsibilitiesoJob satisfaction oInterpersonal relationsoRole stress and personalityoUnemploymentoRetirementoPredictabilityoLack of control
Psychosocial Stressors (cont’d)
Psychosocial Stressors (cont’d)• Role Stress
- Overload - Conflict - Ambiguity
• Role vs. Status• Situational
o Religious affiliationo Gender differenceso Restriction of personal spaceo Bereavemento Other situational stressors :
– Public speaking - Daily hassles - Exams - Gender inequities– Sensory
– Surprise/ Startle - Overload - Deprivation
• Perception as an intervening variable
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Links Between Work and Adult Health
From: Clougherty et al., 2010, Fig. 3 18