"The ban seemed to be based on a perception of demand and fear of consumer backlash, not on any scientific evidence about GM crops themselves," Calder said.
However, there is a growing consensus that stress arises from an imbalance between the individual's perception of demand charged by the situation and his/her estimate of the ability to cope with the demand [ 4].
Our study population of sick-listed neck and back pain patients reported mostly significant differences in average perception of demand, control, support, effort, reward, and overcommitment at work than workers in general, however, the differences were small.
A separate interview guide was developed for the KII with frontline health staff and included further in-depth questioning of how the service operated; experience of being involved in the NSV service; perception of demand of service; and barriers and opportunities for implementing the program.
Perception of need, task demands and resource need explained nearly 50% of variation in receptivity.
Indeed, this agrees with previous quantitative and qualitative research indicating that 'non-clinical' or contextual factors, such as the time available, workload, years of experience, and patient demand (or GPs' perceptions of demand) do influence the decisions that GPs make [ 38- 46].
Role conflict, a form of job stressor, refers to the perception of incompatible demands being placed on the organizational member [ 43].
The Perceived Stress Scale was selected as it reflects our theoretical position that stress occurs when perception of the demands exceeds the resources [ 35].
In time, a sense of bonding with the other participants and a perception of lowered demands on performance and expectations resulted in a gradual re-evaluation of judgements concerning themselves and their own worth.
