Severe Psychological Stress Lowers One's Ability to Bear Physical Pain
High amount of psychological stress has harmful effect on the body's ability to modulate physical pain
High amount of psychological stress has harmful effect on the body's ability to modulate physical pain
‘Looking at blue colored spaces lowers psychological distress.
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"Increased views of blue space are significantly associated with lower levels of psychological distress," said Pearson. "However, we did not find that with green space." Using various topography data, the researchers studied the visibility of blue and green spaces from residential locations in Wellington, New Zealand, an urban capital city surrounded by the Tasman Sea on the north and the Pacific Ocean on the south.
Green space includes forests and grassy parks. To gauge psychological distress, the researchers analyzed data from the New Zealand Health Survey. The national survey used the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, or K10, which has proven to be an accurate predictor of anxiety and mood disorders.
Widowhood Lessens Stress and Improves Women�s Health
Married women may suffer from the effects of caregiver burden since they often devote themselves to caring for their husband in later life.
Married women may suffer from the effects of caregiver burden since they often devote themselves to caring for their husband in later life.
"It could be because the blue space was all natural, while the green space included human-made areas, such as sports fields and playgrounds, as well as natural areas such as native forests," Pearson said. "Perhaps if we only looked at native forests we might find something different." The study appears in the academic journal Health & Place.
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Psychological distress contributes to excess risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and that effects may be initiated relatively early in life.
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