Stress and adaptational outcomes. The problem of confounded measures
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In the stress and coping definition, stress occurs when a person perceives the demands of an environmental stimuli to be greater than their ability to meet, mitigate, or alter those demands.
“In this definition, stress occurs when a person perceives the demands of an environmental stimuli to be greater than their ability to meet, mitigate, or alter those demands (Lazarus et al., 1985).”
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“The deficit model of coping resources proposes that the perception of stress is linked to the availability of coping strategies (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984; Lazarus et al., 1985).”
- Authors
- Lazarus, R. S., DeLongis, A., Folkman, S., & Gruen, R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- ORCID
- DeLongis, Anita
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 1985-07
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 770-779
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2074602939
- Cited by
- 809
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 11.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01da002976-04)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R01 DAO2976)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Keywords
- stress, adaptation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Mental Disorders, Cognition, Environment, Humans, Models, Psychological, Stress, Psychological
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