stress

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A vicious cycle: Mental disorders cause the very stress that fuels them

UBC researchers showed that many mental disorders perpetuate themselves by generating stress and identified factors that put people at risk of getting caught in this cycle.

Jul 13, 2023

A bit of stress might not be so good for us after all: UBC study

A bit of stress might not be so good for us after all: UBC study

New research suggests even mild stress may harm most people’s executive functions—mental skills such as self-control, focused attention, working memory and problem solving.

Dec 18, 2020

When people slept less than usual, they responded to these stressful events with a greater loss of positive emotions.

New research finds people react better to both negative and positive events with more sleep

New research from UBC finds that after a night of shorter sleep, people react more emotionally to stressful events the next day—and they don’t find as much joy in the good things.

Sep 15, 2020

Webinar: How community connection can reduce stress during COVID-19

Webinar: How community connection can reduce stress during COVID-19

Join UBC experts to hear more about how community connection can bring us hope and help us cope with stress during COVID-19.

Jun 19, 2020

For tastier food, try a dash of workplace injustice

A new UBC study from the Sauder School of Business reveals that experiencing unfair treatment at work can sharpen the taste buds, providing evidence that stress has a physiological effect on people.

May 13, 2013

Genes and immune system shaped by childhood poverty, stress

A University of British Columbia and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) study has revealed that childhood poverty, stress as an adult, and demographics such as age, sex and ethnicity, all leave an imprint on a person’s genes. And, that this imprint could play a role in our immune response.

Oct 18, 2012

Some corals like it hot: Heat stress may help coral reefs survive climate change

A team of international scientists working in the central Pacific have discovered that coral which has survived heat stress in the past is more likely to survive it in the future.

Mar 30, 2012