Who's Stressed? Distributions of Psychological Stress in the United States in Probability Samples from 1983, 2006, and 2009

By Sheldon Cohen, Denise Janicki-Deverts. 2012

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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In General Health Professions

1. W. Keith Campbell
2. Keith M. Hmieleski
3. Robert A. Baron
4. Jean M. Twenge
5. Patrick K. Hyland
6. Steven C. Hayes
7. Eli J. Finkel
8. Rebecca J. Franklin

In Health

1. Keith M. Hmieleski
2. Robert A. Baron
3. Jean M. Twenge
4. Patrick K. Hyland
5. Eli J. Finkel
6. Rebecca J. Franklin

In Social Psychology

1. Jean M. Twenge
2. W. Keith Campbell
3. Keith M. Hmieleski
4. Stacy Campbell
5. Eli J. Finkel
6. Robert A. Baron
7. Patrick K. Hyland
8. Steven C. Hayes

Citations in the corpus

• Generational Differences Are Real and Useful (2015, background): “For example, children’s names have become more unique (Twenge, Abebe, & Campbell, 2010), empathy has declined (Konrath, O’Brien, & Hsing, 2011), work–life balance is more favored (Twenge, Campbell, Hoffman,&Lance, 2010), and anxiety and stress have increased (Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2012).”
• The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Adolescent Mental Health: Swedish and Australian Pilot Outcomes (2015, background): “A number of studies suggest that the psychometric properties of the scale for evaluating perceived stress are adequate (S. Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2012; S. Cohen, Kessler, & Underwood Gordon, 1995; Hewitt, Flett, & Mosher, 1992), including the Swedish population.”
• Why Entrepreneurs Often Experience Low, Not High, Levels of Stress (2016, methodology): “Independent samples t tests were used to examine Hypothesis 1 by comparing the mean score of perceived stress from the current study using the PSS (Cohen & Williamson, 1988) with mean scores on the same measure from a wide range of occupational samples reported in Cohen and Janicki-Deverts (2012).”
• Mindfulness at Work: A New Approach to Improving Individual and Organizational Performance (2015, background): “Over the last 30 years, selfreported levels of stress have increased 18% for women and 25% for men (Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2012).”
• The Suffocation of Marriage: Climbing Mount Maslow Without Enough Oxygen (2014, background): “Figure 11 illustrates the extent to which American men and women felt stressed in 1983, 2006, and 2009 (Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2012).”