Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators

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• Hayes, S. C., Wilson, K. G., Gifford, E. V., Follette, V. M., & Strosahl, K. (1996). Experiential avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.64.6.1152

  Level D Theory

  Supports the claim that experiential avoidance was proposed as a process common to many psychological difficulties. A theoretical argument drawing on diverse research, not a direct test.

• Reed, J., & Ones, D. S. (2006). The effect of acute aerobic exercise on positive activated affect: A meta-analysis. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2005.11.003

  Level A Meta-analysis

  Cited for the claim that acute aerobic exercise increases positive activated affect in the short term. The number and designs of included studies were not re-verified from an abstract, so claims relying on it are held at moderate confidence.

• Fredrickson, B. L., & Kahneman, D. (1993). Duration neglect in retrospective evaluations of affective episodes. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.65.1.45

  Level B Experiment

  Supports the claim of duration neglect: retrospective evaluations were little affected by duration. Film clips in the laboratory, not real-life episodes.

• Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Rethinking rumination. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x

  Level D Review

  Supports the claims that rumination predicts the onset of depression and is associated with several psychopathologies, and that positive distraction relieves depressed mood experimentally. Narrative synthesis of mixed designs.

• McEwen, B. S. (1998). Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. doi:10.1056/NEJM199801153380307

  Level D Review

  Supports the claim that stress mediators protect acutely and contribute to damage when chronically activated or poorly terminated. An influential conceptual review; the allostatic load construct remains debated in measurement.

Sources

• McEwen, B. S. (1998). Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. doi:10.1056/NEJM199801153380307

  Level D Review

  Supports the claim that stress mediators protect acutely and contribute to damage when chronically activated or poorly terminated. An influential conceptual review; the allostatic load construct remains debated in measurement.

Sources

• McEwen, B. S. (1998). Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. doi:10.1056/NEJM199801153380307

  Level D Review

  Supports the claim that stress mediators protect acutely and contribute to damage when chronically activated or poorly terminated. An influential conceptual review; the allostatic load construct remains debated in measurement.

Sources

• Sterling, P., & Eyer, J. (1988). Allostasis: A new paradigm to explain arousal pathology.

  Level E Book

  Supports the historical claim that the term allostasis was introduced in this chapter. No abstract or DOI is available; the chapter is cited only for the origin of the term.

• Sterling, P. (2012). Allostasis: A model of predictive regulation. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.004

  Level D Theory

  Supports the claim that allostasis was proposed as predictive regulation, anticipating needs rather than correcting errors by feedback. A theoretical argument whose contrast with homeostasis is disputed.

• McEwen, B. S., & Stellar, E. (1993). Stress and the individual: Mechanisms leading to disease. doi:10.1001/archinte.1993.00410180039004

  Level D Review

  Supports the claim that allostatic load was defined as the cost of chronic exposure to fluctuating or heightened neural or neuroendocrine responses. A conceptual review, not a systematic synthesis.

• McEwen, B. S. (1998). Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. doi:10.1056/NEJM199801153380307

  Level D Review

  Supports the claim that stress mediators protect acutely and contribute to damage when chronically activated or poorly terminated. An influential conceptual review; the allostatic load construct remains debated in measurement.