Modern approaches to conceptualizing and measuring human life stress
Modern approaches to conceptualizing and measuring human life stress
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DOI：
10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.4.022007.141207
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
18.4
通讯作者：
Monroe, Scott M.
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作者：
Monroe, Scott M.
长期以来，人们一直认为不利的生活环境和消极的生活事件会导致紊乱和疾病。在生活压力的共同标签下概念化和定义这些条件的进展导致在测量可能促进紊乱和疾病的环境和个人反应特征方面取得进展。总的来说，越来越多的研究文献支持这样的基本前提：生活压力在许多心理和身体问题的发展中起着重要作用。最近的研究也强烈表明，未来几年，人们对与健康和疾病相关的生活压力的兴趣将会增加。然而，关于如何最好地概念化和衡量生活压力的争论和争议仍然存在，这给该领域的发展提出了独特的挑战。本综述探讨了与这些辩论、争论和挑战有关的主要问题，因为如果要在理解生活压力可能或可能不会导致心理和身体疾病的方式方面取得进展，那么解决这些问题至关重要。
The idea that adverse life circumstances and negative life events contribute to disorder and disease has long been held. Advances in conceptualizing and defining these conditions under the common label of life stress have led to progress in measuring both the environmental and individual response characteristics that may promote disorder and disease. In general, a substantial and growing research literature supports the basic premise that life stress plays an important role in the development of many psychological and physical problems. Recent research, too, strongly suggests that interest in life stress in relation to health and disease will accelerate over the coming years. Yet debates and controversies remain concerning how to best conceptualize and measure life stress, which presents distinctive challenges for advancing the field. The present review examines the major issues pertaining to these debates, controversies, and challenges, for they will be crucial to resolve if progress is to be made in understanding ways in which life stress may or may not contribute to psychological and physical disorders.