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Physiological regeneration occurs when occupational demands match an individual's control over them, whereas pathologic cardiovascular consequences develop when job demands exceed individual control. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate how individual control over workplace stressors modulates endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular functions to influence the development of ischemic cardiovascular disease.

March 1, 1982Journal of Human Stress

Physiology of Stress and Regeneration in Job Related Cardiovascular Illness

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To evaluate how individual control over workplace stressors modulates endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular functions to influence the development of ischemic cardiovascular disease.
Reviewed empirical evidence linking occupational demands and decision latitude to endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular regulation.
Classified physiological pathways into anabolic (regenerative) and catabolic (degenerative) processes to formulate a biological demand-control framework.
Pathologic catabolic states predominate when occupational demands exceed individual control, driving cardiovascular disease pathogenesis.
Regenerative anabolic states emerge when environmental demands match individual control opportunities, promoting physiological restoration and explaining differing cardiovascular risk profiles across occupations.

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RKRobert KarasekUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell RRR. Scott RussellOregon State University TTTöres TheorellKarolinska Institutet

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Should not yet alter clinical stress assessment in CVD; extends prior models with a demand-control hypothesis requiring validation.

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Karasek et al. (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10b747ed67694fb09f5b77 https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840x.1982.9936844

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Women and heart disease

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