Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 187-197

  Johnston, Derek ^a   Bell, Cheryl ^a   Jones, Martyn ^b   Farquharson, Barbara ^c   Allan, Julia ^a   Schofield, Patricia ^d,e   Ricketts, Ian ^b   Johnston, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand control model; Ecological momentary assessment; Effort reward imbalance; Heart rate; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84948169833     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-015-9746-8     Document Type: Article

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