Stress and Coronary Heart Disease in Organizational, Extraorganizational, and Individual Environments.
Abstract
Stress affects an individual both physiologically and psychologically. In this study, a random sample of 438 adult American workers were given a 160-item questionnaire to extract an individual's: 1) perceived stress; 2) perceived productivity; 3) response to different stressors; and 4) personality and physical traits. Blood tests were also given to extract an individual's cortisol, total serum cholesterol and HDL cholesterol levels. Statistical analysis was then completed to extract the relationships of the independent variables, stressors, and physical and personality traits to the dependent variables, perceived stress, perceived productivity, cortisol, and the ratio of cholesterol to HDL cholesterol. The study resulted in the hypothesis that every individual has a certain tolerance for change. This tolerance acts as a moderator in how an individual perceives a stressor (i.e., from little or no stress to highly stressful). (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA123725
Entities
People
- Loraine C. Simard
- William H. Martin
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology