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Effects of momentary assessed stressful events and worry episodes on somatic health complaints
31 Oct 2010
Abstract excerpt
Somatic health complaints are extremely common and are responsible for a large part of human suffering and healthcare costs. It has been recognised that psychosocial stress can affect somatic health. According to the 'perseverative cognition hypothesis', stressful events affect somatic health because people keep on worrying about them. Worry would prolong stress-related physiological activity that can ultimately...
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