HLTC05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Occupational Stress, Cortisol, Social Capital
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Social organization : relationship between people the levels of social gradients : farmers--> craftsman ---? scribes/solidiers ---> Nobles they know their social positions- they are subordinate to those above them in hierarchy. General socioeconomic, cultural andenvironmental conditions all theses spheres of influence and the relationships are different levels of interactions all different influences interact differently and cause different level of stress. Acute and chronic stressers acute- more severe with shorter duration includes death, accident etc o chronic - not very severe with long term duration includes all the overall inequalities in society that acts as a stresses o. Modernized environment - it could be a stressful environmet. Cortisol - stress hormones - rise in cortisol means one is really stress. For example: lack of variety and decision-making (at work, home, sources of chronic anxiety, e. g. , distressing life events, difficulty paying bills, hostility, health issues, etc
