Chronic work stress and exhaustion is associated with higher allostastic load in female school teachers

Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-48

  Bellingrath, Silja ^a   Weigl, Tobias ^a   Kudielka, Brigitte M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Burnout; Effort reward imbalance; Teacher stress; Vital exhaustion; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; JOB STRESS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 58149129522     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890802042041     Document Type: Article

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