Publications by authors named "Simona Vytykacova"
Article Synopsis
- Learning to manage our emotions helps us deal with stressful situations better.
- The study looked at two ways to handle negative feelings: cognitive reappraisal (changing how we think about something) and acceptance (just allowing the feelings without changing them).
- They found that reappraisal worked better to reduce negative emotions, but stress and personal preferences didn’t really change how effective these methods were.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline healthcare workers have been exposed to very stressful conditions. Measuring hair cortisol concentrations (HCCs), which reflect the integrated long-term cortisol levels, may elucidate the impact of COVID-19 related stress on healthcare professionals. In the current study, we investigated experienced stress in 693 healthcare workers, with hair samples for cortisol analysis collected from a subset of 67 female nurses.
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