Penn State.
"Reactions to Everyday Stressors Predict Future Health." ScienceDaily,
2 Nov. 2012. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.
The article, “Reactions to Everyday
Stressors Predict Future Health” contradicts past beliefs that stressors cause
future health problem, when the truth behind stressors are that your reaction
determines health problems later in life. A professor of human development and
family studies, David Almedia, conducted the research going into the study of
chronic health conditions. He decided to collect information about a subset of
people’s daily life and see how their reactions affect them in health ten years
later. The researchers would call 2,000 people up every night for eight days
straight asking about what had happened to them in the past twenty-four hours.
Along with this, the researchers also collected saliva samples from the 2,000
individuals. From the salvia samples, they were able to determine amounts of the
stress hormone, cortisol. This experiment was conducted in 1995 and in 2005 the
research was proven that people who became upset by daily stressors suffered
from chronic health problems ten years later. The amount of stress symptoms a
person develops depends on the level of activity, education, and experiences
that is seen in ones daily life. Reducing the exposure to the stressors
isn’t an option because that would cut you out from your life completely.
People need to learn how to manage hard situations in ways that would be
beneficial to them.
Stress is a major factor that most teens live with because of extracurricular activity and the amount of schoolwork that is given on a daily basis. The higher the levels of education, the more stress a person will carry because of the high expectations. Today many teens feel pressure to do well in school in order to get into a good college. The stress developed from these desires can lead to inadequate decision making skills and further stress related health problems down the road. Teens today need to learn how to deal with their stress rather than let it take over their lives. Dealing with it responsibly will prevent further issues physically as well as mentally. Learning to deal with everyday stress will help people know how to deal with it better in the future, helping to prevent further suffering.
This article displayed good statistical information to help back up the claims that were made. It showed the different types of researching tactics that David Almedia used throughout his experiment. The article was easy to understand which is good because it can reach out to a bigger audience. This article can persuade people into learning the importance of dealing with their stress rather than letting it rule our lives. Overall, the article was interesting to read because of how easily teens and adults can relate to the stresses of everyday lives.
Briana made a very good review of the article “Reactions to Everyday Stressors Predict Future Health”. She did a good job of giving a nice summary of what the researchers did and what the research proved. I also liked how Briana used a lot of information from the article when she related the article to our lives today. I also liked Briana’s point about how the article was easy to understand and how that means that it can reach a bigger audience because of that.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Briana’s review was very good, there were a couple of things that she could have done better. I think it would have improved her review if she defined what stressors were when she first starts the review. Also, in her second paragraph Briana says “the research was proven”, and it would have been better to say “the research proved”
Of the things that I learned from reading this article and its review, one of the most surprising was the fact that the amount of stress that someone is exposed to is not directly related to health problems later on, but it is how people deal with the stress that affects health.
My peer Briana wrote about this article about stress in teens. There were many interesting facts here are three: the first David Almedia, conducted the research going into the study of chronic health conditions. He decided to collect information about a subset of people’s daily life and see how their reactions affect them in health ten years later. The second one is how higher the levels of education, the more stress a person will carry because of the high expectations. The third one is how teens today need to learn how to deal with their stress rather than let it take over their lives. Dealing with it responsibly will prevent further issues physically as well as mentally. The many things she could have fixed was how she could have introduced the source, and the second one is how she could have included her own opinion. The most interesting thing is how she explained how the amount of stress symptoms a person develops depends on the level of activity, education, and experiences that is seen in one’s daily life. Overall, it was a good article summery.
ReplyDeleteBriana did a great job reviewing "Reactions to Everyday Stressors Predict Future Health". Her summery of the article neatly compresses the information she learned while reading it. Her wording is very clear and easy to read. It was very interesting to see her connect the information given by the article to a normal teenager and the amount of stress that they feel. This makes her review more important and relatable to the average teenager. She knew the implications of what she has studied and explained them in a way everyone can understand. She also did a good job explaining why the article is a success. The people who wrote it and knew what evidence to use and when to back their claims.
ReplyDeleteBriana did a very good job reviewing this article, and it has little wrong with it. One thing that can be improved upon is that she only explains what stress does to teenagers. Even though that is what is most important to her it would have been good to know how it effects every age group. In her second paragraph she also says that stress can lead to many mental problems, but she doesn't give an example of any.
This review did a very good job of making me aware of how much stress is in my life and how to minimize it. She made the article easy to understand which made it easier to reach what she is trying to say. I hope to relieve myself of as much stress as possible so I don't have any of the problems caused by it. She excellently summarized this article to match her point.
Briana did a great job reviewing "Reactions to Everyday Stressors Predict Future Health". Her summary of the article neatly compresses the information she learned while reading it. Her wording is very clear and easy to read. It was very interesting to see her connect the information given by the article to a normal teenager and the amount of stress that they feel. This makes her review more important and relatable to the average teenager. She knew the implications of what she has studied and explained them in a way everyone can understand. She also did a good job explaining why the article is a success. The people who wrote it and knew what evidence to use and when to back their claims.
ReplyDeleteBriana did a very good job reviewing this article, and it has little wrong with it. One thing that can be improved upon is that she only explains what stress does to teenagers. Even though that is what is most important to her it would have been good to know how it effects every age group. In her second paragraph she also says that stress can lead to many mental problems, but she doesn't give an example of any.
This review did a very good job of making me aware of how much stress is in my life and how to minimize it. She made the article easy to understand which made it easier to reach what she is trying to say. I hope to relieve myself of as much stress as possible so I don't have any of the problems caused by it. She excellently summarized this article to match her point.