Stress, health and illness: Four challenges for the future

摘要: The concept of stress has a long and perhaps foundational history in health psychology. However, it is also not without its detractors, who point out imprecise simplistic use the concept. Four challenges for research psychology delineate nuanced contextualised future. First, 'stress' can be located environment, appraisal or response (e.g., emotions physiology). Careful conceptualisation assessment differentiate among these locales, as well reveal interactions them. Second, coping refers to transaction between affected person. Understanding exactly why moderates effects major challenge research. Third, happens different people with personalities temperaments at stages their lives. People may even from themselves life stages. These individual differences impact all manner coping. Fourth, dynamic. Minor events come go, create cascade changes individual's life. how stress, change over time within individuals (i.e., multi-level framework) will advance field.