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Stress and Poverty

A Cross-Disciplinary Investigation of Stress in Cells, Individuals, and Society

Produktform: E-Buch Text Elektronisches Buch in proprietärem

Stress is a deviation from what feels normal and healthy. It can be created by social or economic factors and become chronic, which has substantial impacts on the individual and society as a whole. Focusing on poverty as one chronic inducer of stress, this book explores how the lack of pressure-free time, the hardships and unpredictability of everyday life and a general lack of protection lead to destructive toxic stress. This pressure affects cognitive and social functioning, brain development during childhood and may also result in premature aging. How can the sciences inform our understanding of and our response to stress? What can be done about toxic stress both on a personal level and in terms of structures and policies? weiterlesen

Elektronisches Format: PDF

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-030-77738-8 / 978-3030777388 / 9783030777388

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsdatum: 22.07.2021

Seiten: 234

Autor(en): Clemens Sedmak, Elisabeth Kapferer, Michael Breitenbach

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