Istress example sentences

It grew out of an attempt to alleviate the distress of large numbers of poor peasants.Ramlal handed over his daughter to the headmistress.) Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With cockle shells and silver bells And pretty maids all in a row.Some cultures actively encourage people to help the needy and distressed.Still, most definitions have certain common features, often called the 'four Ds': deviance, distress, dysfunction and danger.Two such examples are social facilitation/ inhibition, i.e. the improvement/decline in performance in the presence of others, and helping, or pro-social behaviour, i.e. responding to others who are in need or distress.Research has demonstrated that social support effectively reduces psychological distress such as depression or anxiety, during times of stress.Eustress, however, has the potential of turning into 'distress'.They set up funds to help members in times of distress and demanded a reduction of working hours and the right to vote.I was craning my neck trying to follow the hunt when suddenly I heard from my feet a distressed chitter of recognition and welcome, and Mij bounded on to my knee and began to nuzzle my face and my neck.In some situations, people show pro-social behaviour, that is, helping the needy and the distressed, without expecting anything in return.But by the time she was eleven her marks had deteriorated and her headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist.On the other hand, high levels of anxiety that are distressing and interfere with effective functioning indicate the presence of an anxiety disorder — the most common category of psychological disorders.Distressed weavers wrote petitions to the government to help them.The headmistress asked Bholi to sit down in a corner in one of the classrooms.