TY - GEN
T1 - Stress is in the eye of the beholder
AU - Lutchyn, Yuliya
AU - Johns, Paul
AU - Czerwinski, Mary
AU - Iqbal, Shamsi
AU - Mark, Gloria
AU - Sano, Akane
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/2
Y1 - 2015/12/2
N2 - Despite a long history and a large volume of affective research, measuring affective states is still a non-trivial task that is complicated by numerous conceptual and methodological decisions that the researcher has to make. We suggest that inconsistent results reported in some areas of research can be partially explained by the choice of measurements that capture different manifestations of affective phenomena, or focus on different elements of affective processes. In the present study we examine one of such topics - a relationship between stress and individual's work role. In a 2-week, multi-method in situ study we collected affective information from 40 subjects. All participants provided continuous physiological (cardiovascular) data for the entire duration of the study, submitted multiple daily self-reports of momentary affect, and filled out a onetime assessment of the global perceived stress. We found that individuals' job role (specifically, decision-making workload) was not related to the cumulative measures of momentary affect, but was negatively correlated with the overall level of perceived stress. We further found that this negative relationship was partially mediated by individuals' coping behaviors. Our results emphasize the important difference between fleeting and global (appraised) affective states, and remind about intervening variables that can significantly modify affective processes. We suggest directions for future research and discuss practical applications for stress management.
AB - Despite a long history and a large volume of affective research, measuring affective states is still a non-trivial task that is complicated by numerous conceptual and methodological decisions that the researcher has to make. We suggest that inconsistent results reported in some areas of research can be partially explained by the choice of measurements that capture different manifestations of affective phenomena, or focus on different elements of affective processes. In the present study we examine one of such topics - a relationship between stress and individual's work role. In a 2-week, multi-method in situ study we collected affective information from 40 subjects. All participants provided continuous physiological (cardiovascular) data for the entire duration of the study, submitted multiple daily self-reports of momentary affect, and filled out a onetime assessment of the global perceived stress. We found that individuals' job role (specifically, decision-making workload) was not related to the cumulative measures of momentary affect, but was negatively correlated with the overall level of perceived stress. We further found that this negative relationship was partially mediated by individuals' coping behaviors. Our results emphasize the important difference between fleeting and global (appraised) affective states, and remind about intervening variables that can significantly modify affective processes. We suggest directions for future research and discuss practical applications for stress management.
KW - coping
KW - management
KW - stress
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U2 - 10.1109/ACII.2015.7344560
DO - 10.1109/ACII.2015.7344560
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964068541
T3 - 2015 International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2015
SP - 119
EP - 124
BT - 2015 International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2015 International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2015
Y2 - 21 September 2015 through 24 September 2015
ER -