Our proposition stems from the social stress theory, which postulates that individuals lower in SES face numerous and largely uncontrollable stressful experiences but lack the external resources necessary to handle their heightened stress levels [ 17].
Given its association with well-being in highly stressful situations [ 22], coping flexibility may foster resilience in low SES individuals who experience heightened stress levels.
Neither should you stay in a bad relationship to avoid singledom; a study of 9,011 UK civil servants linked stressful relationships to a heightened risk of heart disease, while other research suggests divorce temporarily raises the risk of death from all causes.
Very preterm (VPT) birth refers to an early stressful event putting children at heightened risk for emotional difficulties.
Previous stressful birth events may be heightened in a next pregnancy impacting women's decision making about birth [ 35].
We suggest that stressful environmental factors lead to heightened risk for psychosis and influence the specific symptom profile and severity.
Alternatively, it may be unnecessary to invoke a latent trait in either subgroup: rather, both CD subgroups may have experienced increased social adversity during development (e.g., maltreatment), or, because of heightened risk-taking behaviors, they may place themselves in stressful situations more frequently than other adolescents (leading to habituation to stressors).
So I guess it was stressful in the sense the emotional stakes were heightened for a two-week period.
From its relatively novel perspective, our study confirmed and extended several findings using other approaches, suggesting that male gender, stressful life events, dysfunctional family structure, anxious personality, and impulsivity are associated with a heightened risk for drug dependence (32).
Your emotions are surely heightened.
