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How does personality moderate or mediate the relationship between stress and burnout?
My research is on work related stress and burnout amongst healthcare professionals and the role that personality play in either reducing or increasing levels of stress and burnout. I'm using the big ...
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What happens to a person's frontal lobes when they have a breakdown from stress?
When a person gets really stressed out and has a mental breakdown what happens to their frontal lobes?
I'm reminded of the clip from "What about Bob?" when Richard Dreyfuss has a breakdown when he ...
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Which branch of psychology deals with decision making under stress?
Our decisions are usually based on a system of perspectives, which in turn are based on one's own set of values. However there are traumatizing situations where this system of perspectives is turned ...
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What is the scientific basis for long-term negative physiological effects of overstudying?
I am interested in long term negative physiological effects that some students experience following overstudying.
What is the scientific basis for overstudying?
Is over studying correlated with ...
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How can prolonged stress lead to a sustained reduction in cognitive functioning?
Background: Ten years ago or so I went through a traumatic period which resulted in a lot of stress and anxiety. I initially assumed there was some depression but cognition and short term memory was ...
