Responses to demands or threats appraised as taxing or exceeding relevant resources. Stressful experiences may contribute to risk without determining that every exposed person develops a disorder.
A process in which symptoms or related characteristics increase the probability of subsequent stressful experiences. It differs from sensitization, which concerns a changed response to psychological stress, although the two can participate in a feedback loop.
An event or condition placing demands on adaptation, distinguished from appraisal and the resulting psychological or physiological response. Comparable event labels can hide differences in severity, duration and controllability.
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