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We present a psychological model of stress. Appraisal translates stressors into subjective stress. Stress reduces … not go hand in hand with rising stress. First steps towards a theory of therapy show how stressed individuals can improve …
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mental and physical health of the population creates psychological stress. Focusing on the bellwether indicators of economic …. Stress is the biological reaction to external stimuli that threatens the self-preservation instinct of a human organism. The … stress was generated by debilitating poverty, financial insecurity, by the highest level of inequality among rich countries …
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The question of whether there is a connection between income and psychological well-being is a long-studied issue across the social, psychological, and behavioral sciences. Much research has found that richer people tend to be happier. However, relatively little attention has been paid to...
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Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...
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decisions and growth of principals, in the context of franchising. We find that a 30 percent decrease in average … collateralizable housing wealth in a region delays chains ́entry into franchising by 0.28 years on average, 9 percent of the average …
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Emotions were central to the development of economics, especially in utility theory in classical economics. While neoclassical utility theory basically abolished emotions, behavioural economics more recently reintroduced emotions in utility theory. Beyond utility theory, economic theorists use...
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parenting behavior? Can emergency childcare policies during a pandemic mitigate increases in parental stress and negative …
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We analyze performance under pressure and estimate the causal effect of audience size on the success of free throws in top-level professional basketball. We use data from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the seasons 2007/08 through 2015/16. We exploit the exogenous variation in...
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and the 1940 U.S. Census to explore whether fetal and early childhood exposure to stress caused by hurricanes affects …
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Time is a crucial determinant of deception, since some misreporting opportunities come as a surprise and require an intuitive decision while others allow for extensive reflection time. To be able to pursue a deceptive strategy, however, a subject must be aware of the misreporting opportunity....
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