Stressor Effects in Lab and Life…

A landmark research initiative to study and further clarify the nature of stress in controlled scientific settings. Dr. Streufert’s team performed groundbreaking research establishing the undeniable impact and physiological realities of post-traumatic stress.Correspondences between the Effects of the Accident at Three-Mile Island and Stress Responses in the Laboratory[Persons] who were particularly stressed by TMI continue to experience greater difficulty in task performance and in task endurance, even at the present time, suggesting the possibility of some continuing stressor effects on the population living near the TMI plant.The fact that such persons experienced the laboratory task as more difficult… corroborates the stress relationships [obtained] between lab and life…”Correlations … show that persons who were upset about TMI tended to find the task more difficult and expected others to find the task similarly difficult. It has been argued that diastolic elevation is associated with norepinephrine showers and peripheral constriction, preparing the organism for a “fight or flight” response. It is likely that such a response was associated with the TMI events as well...