Eustress and Distress: Neither Good Nor Bad, but Rather the Same?
disease
environment
eustress
health
preconditioning
stress
Journal
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology
ISSN: 1521-1878
Titre abrégé: Bioessays
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8510851
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
05
12
2019
revised:
18
03
2020
pubmed:
18
4
2020
medline:
19
8
2021
entrez:
18
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32302008
doi: 10.1002/bies.201900238
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e1900238Subventions
Organisme : Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
ID : CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000469
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. BioEssays published by WILEY Periodicals, Inc.
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