Stress: How inability to handle life's 'minor hassles' affects your health
Monday, November 19, 2012
ow a Penn State University study says a person's inability to handle the "minor hassles of life" on a daily basis -- a pending deadline, unpaid bills, road rage, a burdensome chore or a spat with a loved one or colleague -- also affects health.
In 1995, the Penn State research team interviewed 435 participants each day for eight days to gauge the stress levels they experienced and their reactions to the stress. The team also did saliva tests to measure their levels of the stress hormone, cortisol. A decade later, in 2005, the team repeated the testing regimen.
Published recently in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, the study found emotional reactivity to daily stress was "associated with an increased risk" that a participant would report a chronic physical health condition 10 years later.
"Results indicate that people's reactions to daily stressors are predictive of future chronic health conditions," the study states.
Read more: http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12324/1277607-114.stm#ixzz2Cg7dYrCN
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