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Current training paradigms have been found to create to relationship between traditional handgun training, for example, and the necessity of using handguns in the line of duty itself. Indeed, the authors provide excellent literature support for the main focus of the work, which is to emphasize the general lack of adequate and realistic on-the-job training for police officers and military personnel. The literature review futhermore emphasize the effect of unusual stress not only on the cortisol levels, but also on the ability to learn from experience and effectively incorporate such learning experiences in the long-term. In other words, these learning experiences, when provided only during the work situation itself, create a dangerous situation for both officers of the law and those who share any physical vicinity with them.
The article therefore indicates that a vital component of military and police training, in terms of creating situations that simulate probably job experiences in a much more realistic way, which should also create...
While the article shows that stress is experienced during such exercises, this stress nonetheless provides the opportunity to learn effectively on a non-life-threatening platform. The brain is therefore more disposed to learning while also obtaining the experience of the stress factor and its physiological effects.
The article concludes with a thorough consideration of the limitations of the current study, as well as making suggestions for future study. In general, this is a very good beginning of what one might hope to be a range of studies in this important field. It is vitally important for officer in highly hazardous work environments to receive training that at least simulates situations that they might encounter in the workplace. Not providing this could be fatal not only for the officers in question, but also for the citizens they are required to protect. Hence, studies like the one offered here provide both valuable and vitally important paradigms of future study and workplace modification.
Stress Each of us has our own share of experiences where we find ourselves unable to cope with normal responses. Sometimes, due to circumstances that push both of our minds and bodies to precisely act on things or to meet expectations, we tend to feel that we almost want to give up. Such example in our daily experiences is what we call stress. Stress is a psychological imbalance, which, if regularly experienced,
The human stress response is influenced by a host of personality characteristics and life experiences that cannot be duplicated in animal studies. (Anisman & Merali, 1999, p. 241) Because stressful stimuli often elicit cortisol secretion, some researchers have proposed the use of cortisol levels as an index of the stress response. (Anisman & Merali, 1999, p. 241) Researchers have indicated that human and animal anxiety/stress profiles differ along cognitive behavioral lines.
It was found that academic exam stress caused significant increases in PSS and STAI scores, which were related to high levels of serum, significantly more so in males than females, who only had an increase in serum sgp130 when taking birth control drugs. Males were found to have significantly more serum sCD8. The results suggest that psychological stress induces immune-inflammatory changes with complex regulatory responses in IL-6 signaling, decreased
Stress and CAD Before discussing the link between stress and heart disease, we must operationalize stress. The reason for this is that when one does a literature search in PubMed using the search terms "stress and heart disease" one will get nearly 40,000 references. Stress contributing to cardiovascular disease has been defined as vital exhaustion, oxidative stress, psychiatric disorders, or multiple other physical stressors that impact cardiovascular functioning. This paper will
Stress, Social Support, And Social Relationships Social relationships are basically regarded to have positive and negative effects on the capability of human bodies to resist infection. However, these relationships and support sometimes contribute to social conflicts, which are in turn the common causes of stressful environments. The social conflicts emerging from social relationships and social support contribute to stressful life events including chronic problems at home and the workplace as well
Continuous production of cortisol may also decrease the availability of tryptophan, the precursor for serotonin, resulting in depression, other mood disorders, and changes in appetite and sleep. Hyperactivity of the stress response has been implicated in the pathophysiology of melancholic depression, anxiety, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, and cardiovascular disease. Conversely, hyporeactivity of the stress response has been associated with disorders