Stress and Its Consequences from Prenatal Period to Older Ages
Abstract
Human life includes numerous developmental changes starting from the mother’s womb to old ages. Both age related physical, cognitive, and emotional changes and social roles that are expected to be fulfilled at every age period require individual to adapt new conditions. Even if these new conditions are sometimes desirable, they lead individuals to feel stress. This review examined the important life events that are experienced respectively in the infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and older ages and the effects of these life events on the individuals’ health from the life span perspective. Accordingly, each individual’s conditions such as the amount of social support, living in a disadvantaged district, healthy life habits, and coping skills determine to what extent the individual experiences stress. The stress that the individual experiences with varying degrees in each age period may affect his/her physical and psychological health negatively. Although developmental stress is inevitable, having positive and supportive social relations helps coping with stress effectively.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Review
Authors
Nilay Pekel Uludağlı
BAŞKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Publication Date
June 30, 2017
Submission Date
June 19, 2016
Acceptance Date
July 5, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 9 Number: 2
