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Drivers as Mediators of Stress Response

Pages 212-223
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The five complex belief systems called “Drivers” are presented here as manifest in habits that we all utilize to deal with the challenges, or stresses, of life. Many of these habits are useful when well moderated, but counterproductive when less well controlled and even the basis for major personality disorders when fear allows them to become too extreme. A Drivers Checklist was developed of some of these compulsive habits. It determines a person's Driver profile: a ranking of the Drivers in order of importance to that person. This Drivers Checklist was then used to explore possible relationships of Drivers with gender identity and tobacco addiction.

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Joseph William Hazell

Joseph William Hazell, Ph.D., M.P.H., is engaged in independent research and writing in San Anselmo, California. He was Chief of the Stress Management Service at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco until its closure.
 

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