About this Research Topic
Research in the past decades have shown that exposure to stressors elicits a series of physiological, neurobiological, and psychological responses ranging from potentially adaptive to predominately maladaptive. In the adaptive range, stress responses facilitate active coping mechanisms that can effectively deal with environmental dangers and risks. However, in the maladaptive range, excessive or prolonged stress responses may lead to the disruption of normal homeostasis and induce stress-related pathology, including a variety of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depressive and anxiety disorders. Importantly, a large proportion of individuals do not necessarily demonstrate maladaptive responses and develop stress-related pathology when they encounter stressful life events, indicating the existence of resilience and effective stress coping strategies.
The first aim of this Research Topic is to advance our understanding of stress resilience and effective stress coping at the psychological and behavioral level, in order for people to effectively deal with difficult situations and endure hardship. Studies that help people to monitor their stress exposures and responses in everyday life and studies that test behavioral or psychological training/interventions which may potentially foster stress resilience and help people to manage difficult situations and relieve their stress responses are particularly welcome.
The second aim of this Research Topic is to advance our understanding of stress resilience and effective stress coping at the neurobiological level, in order to provide insights for the development of novel pharmacological, nutritional, and neuromodulatory interventions for enhancing resilience and mitigating maladaptive consequences. Any studies conducted from the approach of endocrinology, genetics and epigenetics, neurochemistry, and neuroimaging are welcome.
Article types include, but are not limited to, Original Research, Brief Research Reports, Clinical Trials, Review Articles, Meta-analyses, Hypothesis and Theory articles. For Original Research and Brief Research Reports, the design can be cross-sectional, longitudinal, or interventional.
The following subtopics are particularly welcome:
• Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of stress resilience and effective stress coping.
• Testing psychological, behavioral, pharmacological, nutritional, or neuromodulatory interventions that potentially enhance stress resilience.
• The establishment of monitoring systems that help people to track and manage their stress exposures and responses in everyday life.
• The establishment of predictors of various adaptive and maladaptive stress responses.
• The establishment of predictors of stress resilience.
The first aim of this Research Topic is to advance our understanding of stress resilience and effective stress coping at the psychological and behavioral level, in order for people to effectively deal with difficult situations and endure hardship. Studies that help people to monitor their stress exposures and responses in everyday life and studies that test behavioral or psychological training/interventions which may potentially foster stress resilience and help people to manage difficult situations and relieve their stress responses are particularly welcome.
The second aim of this Research Topic is to advance our understanding of stress resilience and effective stress coping at the neurobiological level, in order to provide insights for the development of novel pharmacological, nutritional, and neuromodulatory interventions for enhancing resilience and mitigating maladaptive consequences. Any studies conducted from the approach of endocrinology, genetics and epigenetics, neurochemistry, and neuroimaging are welcome.
Article types include, but are not limited to, Original Research, Brief Research Reports, Clinical Trials, Review Articles, Meta-analyses, Hypothesis and Theory articles. For Original Research and Brief Research Reports, the design can be cross-sectional, longitudinal, or interventional.
The following subtopics are particularly welcome:
• Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of stress resilience and effective stress coping.
• Testing psychological, behavioral, pharmacological, nutritional, or neuromodulatory interventions that potentially enhance stress resilience.
• The establishment of monitoring systems that help people to track and manage their stress exposures and responses in everyday life.
• The establishment of predictors of various adaptive and maladaptive stress responses.
• The establishment of predictors of stress resilience.
Keywords: Stress, Resilience, Coping, Cognition, Memory, Academic Performance, Emotion, Mood, Mental Health, Brain, Neuroprotection, Neural Plasticity, Neurogenesis, Neuroinflammation, Neuroimaging, Neurobiology
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