Police Officer Performance Under Stress: A Pilot Study on the Effects of Visuo-Motor Behavior RehearsalInternational Journal of Stress Management - Tập 9 - Trang 71-80 - 2002
Peter Shipley, Joseph V. Baranski
This study examined the effectiveness ofvisuo-motor behavior rehearsal(VMBR) as
a method of reducing acute stress and improving police officer performance.
Fifty-four recruits were randomly assigned to a treatment and a nontreatment
condition prior to undergoing a highly stressful, critical event training
scenario involving “live fire.” A manipulation check showed that participants
who received VM... hiện toàn bộ
Hospital Restructuring and Nursing Staff Well-Being: The Role of CopingInternational Journal of Stress Management - - 2000
Ronald J. Burke, Esther R. Greenglass
A research model incorporating hospital restructuring stressors, job
satisfaction, psychosomatic symptoms and active and escapist coping was tested
in a large sample of nursing staff. Almost 1,400 staff nurses participated by
completing anonymous questionnaires. Concepts in the model were assessed using
multiple-item scales having satisfactory psychometric properties. A LISREL
analysis was underta... hiện toàn bộ
Stress and Coping Among Displaced Bosnian Refugees: An Exploratory StudyInternational Journal of Stress Management - Tập 9 - Trang 31-41 - 2002
Thomas G. Plante, Azra Simicic, Erin N. Andersen, Gerdenio Manuel
Traumatic experiences associated with the recent war in Bosnia (1992–1995) have
impacted the lives of many Bosnian refugees and displaced people. Approximately
25% of Bosnians were forced to leave their homes and resettle in other areas of
Bosnia or abroad. In this study, 82 displaced Bosnians living in the area of
Tuzla, Bosnia, and 53 refugees living in the San Francisco Bay area completed
the s... hiện toàn bộ
On the Relation Between Job Characteristics and Depression: A Longitudinal StudyInternational Journal of Stress Management - Tập 5 - Trang 157-167 - 1998
Toon W. Taris, Inge A. Bok, Denise G. Caljé
The current study assumes that workers actively influence the characteristics of
their work environment. Not only will one's work environment (job
characteristics) affect personal characteristics, such as feelings of
depression; depression in turn is expected to affect the characteristics of
one's work environment as well. Using a sample of 593 young Dutch workers, a
longitudinal model relating fe... hiện toàn bộ
The role of emotion control and emotional rumination in stress management trainingInternational Journal of Stress Management - Tập 2 - Trang 119-132 - 1995
Derek Roger, Chris Hudson
The present paper reports on three outcome studies evaluating the effectiveness
of a new stress management training program. In contrast to conventional stress
management, which tends to emphasize life-events, the symptoms of stress and
relaxation, the new program is based on emotional rumination, emotion control,
and attention control. The training developed from a series of experimental
studies ... hiện toàn bộ
The integral criterion of emotional stressInternational Journal of Stress Management - Tập 3 - Trang 37-46 - 1996
K. V. Sudakov, E. A. Yumatov, O. P. Tarakanov
The purpose was to establish an integral criterion of degree of stress Single
components of measurement of degree of stress were measured as heart rate (HR),
arterial pressure (AP), and respiration rate (RR). In two separate studies, one
employing 117 Wistar rats in which there was an experimental vs. three control
group conditions. The second study involved 36 women and 12 schoolboys on whom
the ... hiện toàn bộ
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Brief Symptom InventoryInternational Journal of Stress Management - Tập 6 - Trang 255-264 - 1999
David C. Watson, Birendra K. Sinha
A cross-cultural study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) was conducted with a
sample of university students from India and Canada. The results indicated much
higher rates of symptom reporting in the Indian sample. Canadian students also
had higher reported symptom scales when compared to a similar size USA sample. A
small sample of older respondents was also compared with a British sample.
Exam... hiện toàn bộ