KEYWORD

stress

Research participants were shown three five-minute, 360-degree videos of urban environments: one depicting a parklike setting, the second consisting of a street view with green space, and the third featuring a street view without green space.

UCI-led study finds virtual green space exposure beneficial to pregnant women

Parklike setting was most effective in reducing physiological and affective stress

November 17, 2022
Roxane Cohen Silver

NSF supports research studying how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affects Americans

Roxane Cohen Silver leads UCI team awarded a RAPID grant to begin survey

May 02, 2022
E. Alison Holman

Understanding the health effects of collective trauma

Research by Alison Holman finds negative mental, physical outcomes possible even if you weren’t there

March 14, 2022

UCI researchers co-author editorial on impact of work stressors on the severity of COVID-19

The pandemic has caused much uncertainty, anxiety and stress, touching on every aspect of our lives. The impact of work stressors on the severity of COVID-19, particularly among essential workers, is discussed in an editorial published online in the April 2021 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and co-authored by UCI’s Peter Schnall, professor emeritus […]

April 20, 2021
Chopsticks were used in the study to help subjects hold one of four facial expressions: A. neutral, B. non-Duchenne smile, C. Duchenne smile and D. grimace.

Smiling sincerely or grimacing can significantly reduce the pain of needle injection

Genuine smile also blunts stress-induced physiological responses, UCI-led study finds

December 01, 2020
Mahtab Jafari, UCI professor of pharmaceutical sciences, who created and teaches the Life 101 course.

UCI professor’s life skills course is expanded to all 10 UC campuses

Life 101 teaches students self-care, healthy habits and how to manage stress

November 30, 2020

UCI researchers say cascading traumas tax coping skills, endanger most vulnerable

Commentary appears online in the journal Nature Human Behaviour

October 27, 2020
The study’s lead author, E. Alison Holman, UCI professor of nursing

Study links rising stress, depression in U.S. to pandemic-related losses, media consumption

UCI researchers suggest providing mental health services to those with the greatest need

September 18, 2020
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate Dr. Nicole Reilly demonstrates how she sometimes offers telehealth therapy services from her home.

Cultivating calm amid the coronavirus

Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute offers free online classes to relieve stress, anxiety during the pandemic

June 15, 2020
Richard Arum, dean of the School of Education and UCI’s Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project principal investigator .

Surveys capture UCI students’ COVID-19 concerns, informing university responses

Real-time undergraduate reactions drive academic support, other assistance programs

May 12, 2020