Tag: Psychological stress

Probable PTSD was common among Sudanese refugees in Cairo
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in PsychologyPilot study documents high prevalence of probable PTSD among Sudanese refugees in Egypt, highlighting need for culturally sensitive mental health interventions in refugee response frameworks.

Emotional exhaustion showed the strongest link to psychological distress
Meta-analysis of 29 studies examining burnout and psychological distress in U.S. postgraduate trainees reveals moderate correlation, with medical students showing highest risk and emotional.

Psychological capital partly links support and nurse distress
Study examines how psychological capital mediates the protective effect of organizational support on distressing experiences among nurses as second victims of adverse events.
Higher PCS-MDD linked to greater stress-related emotional variability
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in PsychiatryLongitudinal study examining how neural vulnerability markers predict stress-related emotional variability in adolescents using polyconnectomic depression risk scoring.

Willingness to wait varies with endogenous cortisol changes
Within-subject study (N=34) shows endogenous cortisol fluctuations predict intertemporal patience on the scale of seconds but not days, implicating acute stress in choice variability.






