Measuring stress
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- Created on: 30-04-13 11:19
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- B) 2) Measuring stress
- Physiological
- Geer & Maisel
- Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)
- Skin conductivity
- Sweat = stressed
- Higher skin conductivity = more sweat = more stress
- Group 2 (predictability) - highest conductivity with onset of tone
- Group 1 (actual control) - lowest GSR readings
- Car crash photos
- Group 1 - ability to terminate stimuli
- Groups 2 & 3 yolked to G1
- G2 - told tone preceeds photo
- G3 - told they would see photos and hear tones (no predictability)
- 60 NYU undergrads
- Self reports
- Kanner
- Life Events Scale (after 10 months)
- Morale scale and symptoms list (every month x9)
- Hassles & Uplifts scale (every month x9)
- Hassles were consistent month to month
- Hassles contribute to stress regardless of life events
- Hassles better predictor of stress than life events
- 100 from California
- Combination
- Johansson
- Self Reports
- Mood
- Caffeine and nicotine consumption
- High risk stress group reported feeling more irritated and rushed, and had lower wellbeing
- Physiological
- Urine samples
- Testing for adrenaline
- Higher stress = more adrenaline in urine
- High risk - first sample was double adrenaline baseline and continued to increase
- Low stress - peak of 1.5x baseline
- Baseline sample in morning and 4 times during day
- Testing for adrenaline
- Urine samples
- Swedish sawmill
- 14 high risk stress workers - repetitive work
- 10 low risk - control (maintenance / cleaners)
- Physiological
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