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elated to personal fragility associated to an overload of expectations and demands among their
needs.
5083.155 The role of cultural practices in employees’ stress in Nigeria, Ekore John, Department
of Psychology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
The contemporary organisation involved in continuous improvement makes much demands on
employees than ever (Ekore, 2001). There are however, cultural practices that are perculiar to the
Nigerian society which cannot be separated from the employee as he or she comes to work. Some
of them are the "extended family practice and being ones brother's keeper", Significant as they are,
they could play significant role(s) in the stress a worker experience. The roles are presented in the
study.
5083.156 Women’s stress: A study of factors contributing to women’s well-Being, Michailidis
Maria 1 , Michael Koutsoulis 1 , Evi Parpa 2 , 1 Intercollege (University College) Cyprus, 2 Elpida
Foundation, Cyprus
This study attempted to bridge the research gap that exists in the women’s stress literature, by
examining through survey research methodology the degree to which Cypriot women experience
stress, given the multiple stressors that surround them. It explored what factors including family
structure, work requirements, economic conditions, family support, and socio-political changes,
are related to stress as measured by: “Stress Scale for Women. Randomly, 800 women were
surveyed. A statistical design utilizing statistical correlations, analysis of variance, factor analysis
was utilized. Preliminary results have high-lighted factors that increase stress in women’s lives
which impact negatively their health and effective functioning.
5083.157 Abdominal breathing is helpful for mental calmness and health recovery, Tang Yiyuan 1 ,
Kele Yan 2 , Yuejuan Zhang 2 , 1 Institute of Neuroinformatics, Dalian University of Technology &
Lab for Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2 Lab for
Psychophysiology, Educational College of Hebei Normal University, China
Based on our research for years, we found that abdominal breathing could reduce heart rate,
increase T-wave and finger temperature, improve microcirculation. Abdominal breathing could
also reduce cardiovascular reactivity for anxiety patients. Abdominal breathing can massage
organs in abdomen and accelerate gastroentero-creepage and enhance bile secretion. In conclusion,
abdominal breathing can reduce the activity of sympathetic nerve system while increase
parasympathetic nerve system activity. As a result, we use the abdominal breathing technique in
our research for treating several psychosomatic disorders effectively.
5083.158 Depression status and related factors in people at high altitude, Zhang Li, China
Objective: To explore depression and its related factors in people at high altitude. Methods: A total
of 267 people at high altitude were investigated with the self-rating depression scale, the
automatic thoughts questionnaire, simplified coping style questionnaire, adolescent self-rating life
events, social support evaluation scale and EPQ. Results: The rate of depression was
51.56%.Multiple regression showed that automatic thoughts, positive coping, negative coping, life
events, social support, psychoticism, extrovision and neuroticism had predictive value for
depression. life events, neuroticism, positive coping and extrovision affected the level of
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