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Daily Stress

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Daily hassles; Everyday problems

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Daily stress is defined as mundane hassles, strains, or annoyances associated with routine daily activities and transactions of everyday life. Daily stress is relatively minor, but has the potential to disrupt the flow of everyday life and add to overall levels of stress.

Daily stress can be both anticipated and unanticipated. Anticipated daily stressors include, for example, driving in rush hour traffic on the way home from work, paying bills, working long hours, job performance evaluations, or taking children to after-school activities. Unanticipated stressors may include arguments with spouse, car trouble, getting stuck in long lines at the grocery store, getting sick, losing one’s keys, or inconveniences due to weather.

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Daily stressors are not inherently stressful events, but they are events that people might appraise as stressful. The experience of feeling stressed depends on what events one notices and how one...

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  1. VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, 500 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, 84148, USA

    Dr. C. Renn Upchurch Sweeney

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  1. Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Marc D. Gellman

  2. Cardiovascular Safety, Quintiles, Durham, NC, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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Upchurch Sweeney, C.R. (2013). Daily Stress. In: Gellman, M.D., Turner, J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_942

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