Stress

Stress is a psychological and physiological construct denoting the body's nonspecific response to perceived environmental or internal demands that disrupt homeostasis, distinguished by its measurable impact on autonomic nervous system activity, particularly through alterations in heart rate variability.

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2017–2026

6.1K

Authors

72.5K

  1. AS
    Andrew Steptoe

    University College London, United Kingdom

    67 publications · 5.9K citations

    46

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  2. CK
    Clemens Kirschbaum

    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

    46 publications · 13.6K citations

    35

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  3. DM
    David M. Almeida

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    40 publications · 5.4K citations

    30

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  4. DC
    Douglas Carroll

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    38 publications · 2.3K citations

    27

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    Richard S. Lazarus

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    28 publications · 9.7K citations

    25

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 664 publications · 36.5K citations

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  2. Psychosomatic Medicine

    173 publications · 18K citations

    75

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  3. Psychoneuroendocrinology

    171 publications · 16.3K citations

    70

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  4. PLoS ONE

    268 publications · 16.3K citations

    70

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  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    101 publications · 27.1K citations

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