ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2008, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 355-362.

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Effects of Stress on Health from the View of Evolution

CHENG Qi;YAN Jin   

  1. Department of Psychology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
  • Received:2007-12-31 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-05-15 Published:2008-05-15
  • Contact: Yan Jin

Abstract: Abstract: From the view of evolution, this paper introduced that different organisms adopt different behavioral strategies to cope with stress and have different underlying physiological foundation inducing different vulnerability to stress-related diseases. The differences in behavioral strategies and physiological foundation induced the different benefits and costs (allostatic load) of allostasis in stress. The benefits and costs of allostasis lead to the balance of health and disease. Aggressive individual, due to inefficient management of mediators of allostasis, is prone to impulse control disorders, hypertension, autoimmune disease, chronic fatigue states, etc. In contrast, passive individual, due to the greater release of mediators of allostasis, is more susceptible to anxiety disorders, depression, metabolic syndromes, etc

Key words: stress, evolution, allostasis, behavioral strategy, stress-related diseases

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