origins. This paper analyzes one factor at a critical stage of human development: exposure to maternal stress from family … severe stress; the decrease in consumption of prescription drugs treating depression alone can be valued at nearly $ 1 … billion. More generally, our results point to in utero stress exposure as a potential cause of the rising incidence of several …

intervention aims to reduce stress and depressive symptoms in low-SES women by means of a group-based program combining physical … exercise and psycho-education. Between September 2005 and May 2008, 161 Dutch low-SES women with elevated stress or depressive …-behavioral techniques. Depressive symptoms (CES-D) and perceived stress (PSS) were measured before and immediately after the intervention …

, job overload and work–family conflict. Work resources appeared to protect higher-educated workers from stress and health …

Unemployment and underemployment have adverse mental and physical health consequences, such as increased stress and … employed full-time reported the least damaging psychological factors and health behaviors: lowest levels of stress and … factors. Stress significantly mediated the associations of full-time employment with frequency of unhealthy eating and …

against the harmful effect of stress on happiness? Moreover, do gender and religious affiliation modify these associations … women and only for Protestants. In addition, an interaction effect between religious attendance and stress is observed for … women only; the negative association between stress and happiness is weakened among those women who report more frequent …

Depression and stress have been linked with poor contraceptive behavior, but whether existing mental health symptoms … stress symptoms on young women's pregnancy risk over one year. We used panel data from a longitudinal study of 992 U.S. women … was self-reported pregnancy. At baseline, we assessed moderate/severe depression (CESD-5) and stress (PSS-4) symptoms. We …