Eustress and Distress: Neither Good Nor Bad, but Rather the
Same?

J 2020

Eustress and Distress: Neither Good Nor Bad, but Rather the Same?

DOBROVOLNÁ, Julie, Peter LENÁRT and Martin SCHERINGER

Basic information

Original name

Eustress and Distress: Neither Good Nor Bad, but Rather the Same?

Authors

DOBROVOLNÁ, Julie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Peter LENÁRT (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Martin SCHERINGER (756 Switzerland, belonging to the institution)

Edition

BioEssays, Hoboken, Wiley, 2020, 0265-9247

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10602 Biology , Evolutionary biology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.345

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00116454

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900238

UT WoS

000526143200001

Keywords in English

disease; environment; eustress; health; preconditioning; stress

Abstract

V originále

The terms "eustress" and "distress" are widely used throughout the scientific literature. As of February 2020, 203 items in the Web of Science show up in a search for "eustress," however, there are almost 16 400 items found in a search for the term "distress." Based on the reasoning in this article, however, it is believed there is no such thing as eustress or distress. The adaptation reaction of an organism under stress is not intrinsically good or bad, and its effect on health or performance depends on a plethora of other interactions of the body with the environment as well as on the history of such interactions. The vagueness of the terms "eustress/distress" has historically led to vast differences in the perception and application of the terms across disciplines. While psychology or sociology perceive eustress as something inextricably linked to positive perception and enhanced cognition, biomedicine perceives eustress as generally associated with better survival, health, or increased longevity, no matter how the event is perceived. In this paper, the authors review the current understanding of the term "eustress" in different fields, discuss possible implications of its misleading use, and suggest that the term may be replaced by "stress" only.

Links

EF15_003/0000469, research and development project

Name: Cetocoen Plus

EF16_013/0001761, research and development project

Name: RECETOX RI

LM2015051, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX RI)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

DOBROVOLNÁ, Julie, Peter LENÁRT and Martin SCHERINGER. Eustress and Distress: Neither Good Nor Bad, but Rather the Same? BioEssays. Hoboken: Wiley, 2020, vol. 42, No 7, p. 1-5. ISSN 0265-9247. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900238.

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DOBROVOLNÁ, Julie, Peter LENÁRT and Martin SCHERINGER. Eustress and Distress: Neither Good Nor Bad, but Rather the Same? \textit{BioEssays}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2020, vol.~42, No~7, p.~1-5. ISSN~0265-9247. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900238.

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