An Examination of Moderators of Perceived Stress and Illness Behavior

Thomas, Jenifer J.; Borrayo, Evelinn A.

doi:10.4236/psych.2011.26091

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“…Stress can cause not only physiological changes but also it can contribute to psychological illnesses [62]. Mindfulness [36,64] has been identified as one effective way-besides medication, sports, social interaction, sleep hygine and othersto deal with stress and mental illness.…”

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Ishii

2020

Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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2020

Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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“…The increased anxiety and stress related to the fact that they are away from workplace is common too. Such stress could have more bad consequences in the future, as much as some studies have indicated the association between psychosocial factors and the impact of stress in the onset or worsening of certain specific diseases or in the perception of health status (Soderstrom, Dolbier, Leiferman, & Steinhardt, 2000;Cropley & Steptoe, 2005;Devins, Bezjak, Mah, Loblaw, & Gotoweic, 2006;Dolbier, Smith, & Steinhardt, 2007;Gerber & Puhse, 2008;Thomas & Borrayo, 2011).…”

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Psychosocial Factors Involved in Absenteeism—A Qualitative Analysis in a Brazilian Context

Paula¹,

Oliveira²,

Boas³

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Work is a fundamental activity for human beings not only because it provides the benefit of a wage but also because it allows the subject to draw primitive anxieties that are evoked only in the frame of human-work relations. In Brazilian context, removed workers are often victims of prejudice beyond the organization space, triggering feelings of weakness and uselessness. The absence from work may also jeopardize both physical and mental health. Thus, this study aims to understand the psychosocial factors (social support, affect, coping skills and perception of future and health status) involved in absenteeism and the process of withdrawing work and its consequences on people's lives. A qualitative approach was chosen for gathering and analyzing data. Four workers from different professional categories participated in this qualitative study. It was observed that stop working brought serious implications for the lives of investigated subjects, who reported feelings of estrangement, fear, emptiness, depression, helplessness and dependence. The most frequent difficulties in relation to absenteeism refer to the part of the tie break of social and financial issues. The main strategy for dealing with problems arising from job withdraws was to seek social support from friends and family. Regarding plans and the prospective, they experienced a critical period (immobilization), requiring a process of (re)adapting to the new situation ahead. Given the above, it is noteworthy to understand that the consequences of absenteeism or temporary withdrawing of labor become a necessary measure to preserve physical and mental health; a task open to interventions of work and organizational psychology.

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“…It has been found that women are likely to report use of emotional and avoidant coping strategies (Matud, 2004) and may experience increased risk of health damage due to the association between such coping strategies and negative health outcomes (Li, DiGiuseppe, & Froh, 2006;Sulkowski, Dempsey, & Dempsey, 2011). The relationship between social support, coping, and health often depend upon the specific support or skill, as well as the association with stress (e.g., Cropley & Steptoe, 2005;Thomas & Borrayo, 2011). High levels of stress have been found to be associated with unfavorable changes in health behavior that negatively impact health status (e.g., Rod et al, 2009) and women report high perceived stress (Allen, Bocek, & Burch, 2011).…”

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“…(Bertakis & Azari, 2010;Rod et al, 2009;Thomas & Borrayo, 2011) and suggests that, with regard to illness behavior, stress may be associated withDownloaded by [University of Illinois Chicago] at 18:49 27 November 2014…”

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The Combined Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Illness Behavior Among Women

Thomas

Borrayo

2014

Women & Health

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Distinctions in illness behavior for women, such as use of health services, may result from gender-specific biological risks for disease but could also be explained by the relationships among social, psychological, and behavioral factors. The purpose of this study was to determine if illness behavior in women might be related to associations among social support satisfaction, perceived health status, coping skills, and perceived stress. Data were collected November-December 2005 from 205 female college students through self-report using questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used to test relationships among psychosocial factors. The final model revealed associations between psychosocial factors and illness behavior for women along two paths. First, high perceived stress and poor perceived health status were associated with more reported illness behavior. Second, greater use of total coping skills, greater social support satisfaction, and good perceived health status were associated with less reported illness behavior. Consideration of multiple health-related factors may provide a more complete picture of how psychosocial factors are related to illness behavior for women. Specifically, interactions among stress, coping, social support, and perceived health status may be important to women's health. Our results suggest that interventions should focus on skill-building and strategies to improve self-perception of health.

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An Examination of Moderators of Perceived Stress and Illness Behavior

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