Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Psychological Responses to Stress

Psychological Responses to Stress

Psychological responses to stress encompass the various cognitive and emotional reactions individuals experience when faced with challenging or threatening situations, such as a job loss. Prolonged exposure to stressors can disturb emotional balance, increasing negative emotions (e.g., anxiety and sadness) and diminishing positive emotions (e.g., joy and satisfaction). These persistent emotional shifts are associated with an increased risk of both physical illness and mental health issues, such...

General State of Stress

General State of Stress

The general state of stress within a material can be accurately depicted using a stress tensor. This tensor encapsulates the internal forces distributed within a material subjected to external forces or deformations.
Specifically, consider a tetrahedral element where one face, labeled XYZ, is perpendicular to the line OA, and the remaining faces align with the coordinate axes with point O as the origin. At any point, such as point O, the stress tensor can be used to determine the stress...

Stress Concentrations

Stress Concentrations

The concept of stress concentration is crucial for understanding how materials respond under bending stresses, particularly when there are irregularities or discontinuities in the material's geometry. Normally, stress in a symmetric member subjected to pure bending is assumed to be uniformly distributed across the entire cross-section. However, this assumption does not hold when there are variations in the cross-sectional geometry or the presence of notches and holes.
The stress concentration...

Stress Concentrations

Stress Concentrations

Stress concentration is when stress intensifies near discontinuities such as holes or abrupt cross-sectional changes in a structural member. This localized stress can often surpass the average stress within the member. The stress distribution in flat bars, either with a circular hole or varying widths connected by fillets, can be determined experimentally using a photoelastic method. The results are based on ratios of geometric parameters like the ratio of the hole's radius to the smaller width...

Components of Stress

Components of Stress

Stress analysis under multiple loading conditions is intricate, necessitating a comprehensive grasp of normal and shearing stresses. Consider a small cube at point O, subjected to stress on all six faces, visible or not. Normal stress components σx, σy, σz act perpendicularly to the x, y, and z axes. Shearing stress components τxy and τxz are exerted on faces perpendicular to these axes.
Interestingly, the hidden cube faces also experience these stresses, equal and opposite to those on the...

Lazarus's Cognitive Appraisal Theory

Lazarus's Cognitive Appraisal Theory

Cognitive psychologist Richard Lazarus proposed the cognitive-mediational theory of emotions, which emphasizes how individuals' assessments of stressors significantly affect their experience of stress. According to Lazarus, the stress response is determined by a two-step appraisal process: primary appraisal and secondary appraisal. These cognitive appraisals help individuals evaluate the potential impact of a stressor and determine the adequacy of their coping resources.
Primary Appraisal:...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Interference of high 50/60-Hz electric and magnetic fields with the normal functioning of active cardiac implants: implications for newly implanted workers returning to or entering work in the utility sector.

International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE·2026

Same author

[Social care for adult cystic fibrosis patients in clinical practice].

Revue des maladies respiratoires·2025

Same author

Occupational transmission of TB infection during autopsy.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease·2024

Same author

Assessing workaholism risk among health care students in Montpellier-Nîmes.

L'Encephale·2022

Same author

Melanoma and intellectual disability: do prognostic factors at diagnosis differ from general population?

Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR·2022

Same author

[Quality of life of silicotic former miners].

Revue des maladies respiratoires·2021

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: May 18, 2026

Polar Histogram Visualization of Acute Stress Disorder Scale Scores for Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

Polar Histogram Visualization of Acute Stress Disorder Scale Scores for Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

Published on: December 6, 2024

Clinical stress assessment using a visual analogue scale.

F-X Lesage¹, S Berjot, F Deschamps

¹Cognition, Health and Socialization, Psychology Department, Reims, France. fxlesage@chu-reims.fr

Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England)

|September 12, 2012

Summary

The visual analogue scale (VAS) effectively assesses stress, demonstrating comparable discriminative sensitivity to questionnaires. Its correlations with related psychological distress measures support its construct validity for clinical and research use.

More Related Videos

Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Wrist Wearables to Estimate Stress on Students

Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Wrist Wearables to Estimate Stress on Students

Published on: June 16, 2018

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: May 18, 2026

Polar Histogram Visualization of Acute Stress Disorder Scale Scores for Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

Polar Histogram Visualization of Acute Stress Disorder Scale Scores for Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

Published on: December 6, 2024

Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Wrist Wearables to Estimate Stress on Students

Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Wrist Wearables to Estimate Stress on Students

Published on: June 16, 2018

Area of Science:

Psychometrics
Occupational Health
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Clinicians need brief methods to assess distress in research and practice.
Existing questionnaires are often too time-consuming for busy clinical settings.
The visual analogue scale (VAS) is commonly used but lacks empirical validation for stress assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the discriminative sensitivity of the VAS for stress.
To assess the interconcept validity of the VAS in relation to similar psychological concepts.
To provide empirical evidence for the psychometric properties of the VAS in stress assessment.

Main Methods:

Employees attending occupational health centers were randomly selected.
Participants completed the VAS alongside either the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) or the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
Analyses of variance were used to examine group effects (age, sex, marital status, parental status, occupational status) on stress scores.

Main Results:

763 employees participated; 501 completed the PSS and 262 the HADS.
The VAS showed lower p-values for effects of sex, age, and occupational status compared to the PSS.
Correlations between VAS and HADS anxiety, depression, and total scores were 0.66, 0.45, and 0.65, respectively.

Conclusions:

The VAS demonstrates at least as much discriminative sensitivity as questionnaires for stress levels.
Observed correlations with related constructs support the construct validity of the VAS.
The VAS is a viable tool for assessing stress in clinical and research settings.