For those in remission, it was a general category and described in terms of a tool to handle distress, e.g.: " it's just that I know what it is, that makes it possible for me to handle it" (original emphasis underlined).
The seven weeks of mindfulness practice may have helped male students to become more aware of their distress, but may have assisted female students with handling their distress better.
Often, they used food as a way of handling their distress, and changing eating behaviour was especially difficult.
The DTS is a 14-item questionnaire, with acceptable internal consistency (α = .89), includes items such as "I can't handle feeling distressed or upset," with possible responses on a 5 point Likert scale ranging from 1 = "strongly agree" to 5 = "strongly disagree" [ 68]. 9) Stress.
Despite unfamiliar handling, social distress and the presence of other viral and nonviral pathogens that caused illness and poor health and compromised the immune systems, none of the cats developed clinical signs of influenza.
Furthermore, the absence of an effect of meloxicam treatment on serum cortisol concentrations suggests that simultaneous determination of plasma SP and cortisol concentrations during painful procedures may assist in differentiating between acute stress associated with handling and distress associated with nociception as previously described [ 25].
As such, participating in an online support group could foster personal empowerment, which is much needed in handling specific conditions of distress.
The bank is facing controversy over the division which handles companies in distress – known as the global restructuring group – and this week two of its most senior executives were accused by MPs of being "wilfully obtuse" when giving evidence to the Treasury select committee.
Business lobbies and many Republicans raised loud objections to the cap-and-trade program Mr. Obama proposed as part of his budget this week, saying the plan amounted to a gigantic and permanent tax on oil, electricity and manufactured goods, a shock they said the country could not handle during economic distress.
I was afraid of the painful feelings that would arise from withdrawing from my drug of choice and of the actions I might take if I couldn't handle the physical distress.
