Social Stressor

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025916",
  "term": "Social Stressor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Factors or situations that people encounter in daily life, such as relationship or family demands, that can have an effect on their mental and physical well-being. A person experiences stress when they do not have the ability or resources to cope when confronted with an external demand, or when they perceive or fear they do not have the ability or resources.",
  "references": [
    "Recommendations for Integrating Environmental Justice into the EPA's Research Enterprise June 30, 2014 A Report of Recommendations of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council A federal advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-02/documents/nejac-research-recommendations-2014.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/social-stressor/"
}