News tagged with social stress

New study shows Facebook use elevates mood

People visit social networking sites such as Facebook for many reasons, including the positive emotional experience that people enjoy and want to repeat, according to an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, an ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers find negative social interactions can lead to increased amounts of internal inflammation

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of California have found that negative social interactions can cause internal inflammation that may over time lead to possible health consequences. In the study, the results ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Researcher takes on 'empathy fatigue' in workplace

(Medical Xpress) -- A nurse refuses to help an ailing alcoholic who is upset to find a hospital detox unit closed. A hospital clerk brushes off a deceased woman's grieving family as they try to pay her bills ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Depressed fathers pass depression to offspring but the cause is mostly behavioral, not genetic, or epigenetic

(Medical Xpress) -- One of the first studies to examine, in animals, how depression in fathers may impact their offspring will be presented by the study's researchers from the University at Buffalo and Mt. Sinai School of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Strong social networks mean less stress for parents

A U of A professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy has found that those conversations with fellow parents around the barbeque or at the playground can be important to maintaining a happy family.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Friendship makes a difference in stress regulation

Social rejection can cause stress in preschoolers, adolescents, and adults. But what happens in middle childhood, a time when peer rejection can be particularly stressful and friendships are key? A new study has found that ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reduced recognition of fear and sadness in post-traumatic stress disorder

Facial expressions convey strong cues for someone's emotional state and the ability to interpret these cues is crucial in social interaction. This ability is known to be compromised in many psychiatric and neurological disorders, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers see a 'picture' of threat in the brain: Work may lead to new model of neuroinflammation

A team of researchers is beginning to see exactly what the response to threats looks like in the brain at the cellular and molecular levels.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gulf oil spill similar to Exxon Valdez in initial social and mental impacts, study finds

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused social disruption and psychological stress among Gulf residents that is similar to the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez spill and the impacts are likely to persist for ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows disorder may cause an increase stereotyping

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study performed by Dutch social scientists Diederik Stapel and Siegwart Lindenberg, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, suggests that people may resort to stereotyping to cope with ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Elevated levels of sodium blunt response to stress, study shows

All those salty snacks available at the local tavern might be doing more than increasing your thirst: They could also play a role in suppressing social anxiety.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Social isolation, stress-induced obesity increases breast cancer risk in mice

Stress from social isolation, combined with a high-fat diet, increases levels of a brain neurotransmitter – neuropeptide Y, or NPY – in mice that then promotes obesity, insulin resistance, and breast cancer risk, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mathematical model shows how groups split into factions

(PhysOrg.com) -- The school dance committee is split; one group wants an "Alice in Wonderland" theme; the other insists on "Vampire Jamboree." Mathematics could have predicted it.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Parents' social problems affect their children -- even in birds

A recent study performed by Floriane Guibert and Cecilia Houdelier at the CNRS-University of Rennes in France, together with researchers at the INRA in Nouzilly, France and with Austrian scientists including Erich Mostl of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 27, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social stress leads to atherosclerosis

Studies on genetically engineered mice show that social stress activates the immune system and accelerates the development of atherosclerosis. Commonly used drugs to reduce blood pressure, however, may stop this process. ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0