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Psychosocial Factors and Traumatic Events

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Interpersonal relationships; Psychosocial stress; Stressful life event

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Psychosocial factors are influences that affect a person psychologically or socially. There are multidimensional constructs encompassing several domains such as mood status (anxiety, depression, distress, and positive affect), cognitive behavioral responses (satisfaction, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and locus of control), and social factors (socioeconomic status, education, employment, religion, ethnicity, family, physical attributes, locality, relationships with others, changes in personal roles, and status).

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Psychosocial Factors in Everyday Life

Psychosocial factors and influences differ across individuals and may contribute to the development or aggravation of mental and physical disorders. Previous studies have indicated that depression, anxiety, hostility, social isolation and lack of social support, work-related stress, and behavioral escape-avoidance coping were associated with...

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  1. Faculty of Human Sciences, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, 359-1192, Saitama, Japan

    Shin-Ichi Suzuki

  2. Department of Psycho-Oncology, National Cancer Center Japan, Chuo-ku, Japan

    Yuko Yanai

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  1. Shin-Ichi Suzuki
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  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    Marc Gellman

  2. Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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  1. Clinical Communications, Quintiles, 4820 Emperor Blvd, 27703, Durham, NC, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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Suzuki, SI., Yanai, Y. (2018). Psychosocial Factors and Traumatic Events. In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_1716-2

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