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  2. Stress testing - Wikipedia

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    The stress test can result in three outcomes: Pass, Partly Pass and Fail, based on the comparison of the quantified risks to acceptable risk exposure levels and a penalty system. Phase 3: Decision, during which the results of the stress test are analyzed according to the goal and objectives defined in Phase 1. Critical events (events that most ...

  3. Diathesis–stress model - Wikipedia

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    The diathesis-stress model, also known as the vulnerability–stress model, is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory, as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability, the diathesis, and stress caused by life experiences.

  4. Holmes and Rahe stress scale - Wikipedia

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    The Holmes and Rahe stress scale (/ r eɪ /), [1] also known as the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, is a list of 43 stressful life events that can contribute to illness.The test works via a point accumulation score which then gives an assessment of risk.

  5. A guide to bank 'stress test' results - AOL

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    Most of the data on bank "stress tests" has already been leaked to the press, which could prompt an investigation into why such sensitive information about public companies was disclosed early.

  6. Trier social stress test - Wikipedia

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    Immediately after the test is a debriefing, in which the participant is told that the purpose of the test was to create stress, and that the results are in no way a reflection on his or her personal abilities. Saliva and blood samples continue to be collected after the stress induction period has ended. [8]

  7. Differential susceptibility - Wikipedia

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    The idea that individuals vary in their sensitivity to their environment was historically framed in diathesis-stress [4] or dual-risk terms. [5] These theories suggested that some "vulnerable" individuals, due to their biological, temperamental and/or physiological characteristics (i.e., "diathesis" or "risk 1"), are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of negative experiences (i.e., "stress ...

  8. Polyvagal theory - Wikipedia

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    Claims about the nature of stress, emotion, and social behaviour, are traditionally studied via peripheral indices of arousal such as heart rate, cortisol level and skin conductance. [1] Polyvagal theory champions the measurement of vagal tone as a new index of stress vulnerability and reactivity, including in populations with affective ...

  9. Stress (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Schematic overview of the classes of stresses in plants Neurohormonal response to stress. Stress, whether physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition. [1] When stressed by stimuli that alter an organism's environment, multiple systems respond across the body. [2]