OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between occupation and subjective well-being (SWB). METHOD A convenience sample of 120 adults completed a personal projects analysis, a method of rating their current goal-directed pursuits. They also completed measures of SWB (Affect Balance Scale, Life Satisfaction Index Form A) and personality traits (Myers-Briggs Personal...

Recognition of pain and/or stress and their severity are difficult to determine in most animal species. The recognition of pain and/or stress and their severity are more challenging in cattle because cattle have evolved as a prey animal, and may mask behavioral signs of pain and/or stress so as not to display weakness to a potential predator. Despite the tremendous advances of pain control in c...

PURPOSE Organizational change can be a major stress factor for employees. We investigate if stress responses can be explained by the extent to which there is a match between employee self-construal (in personal or collective terms) and change consequences (i.e., does the change particularly have consequences for the individual or for the group). We further investigate if the interactive effect ...

BACKGROUND To investigate preoperative levels of stress and anxiety in day-care patients and inpatients undergoing surgical interventions. METHODS Before induction of anaesthesia, the degree of stress and anxiety was assessed in 135 patients using stress and anxiety questionnaires, bio-feedback, physiological measures, and serum levels for stress variables. Questionnaire responses and physiol...

This study explored the inter-relationships among state and trait anxiety, occupational stress, perfectionism, aspiration, and music performance anxiety in a group of elite operatic chorus artists employed full-time by a national opera company. The chorus artists reported higher trait anxiety, higher occupational role concerns, and higher occupational personal strain than normative samples. Hig...

This study puts personal, social, and religious resources as a stress buffer for caregivers. The limitation of have detrimental effect on the mental health caregivers family member with schizophrenia (hereinafter referred to People Schizophrenia, or PwS). Following caregiving process theory, this aims clarify not only role personal social but also ones. For purpose, in-depth interviews life his...