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Zmęczenie jako współczesne zagrożenie cywilizacyjne
Chronic Fatigue as a Modern Civilization Threat

Author(s): Marlena Duda
Subject(s): Education, Psychology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Oświatowe FOSZE
Keywords: fatigue; chronic fatigue; youth; social science;

Summary/Abstract: Fatigue is a phenomenon nowadays constantly accompanying modern man in everyday activities. Effort, both physical and mental, which exceeds the adaptive capacity of the body causes after some time permanent changes in the form of symptoms of chronic fatigue. This phenomenon nowadays increasingly affects children and adolescents in school age and requires advanced analysis and consequently various preventive measures. The aim of this article is to characterize the phenomenon of chronic fatigue in the youth population. The research method used is an analysis of the selected literature, whose subjects oscillate around the psychosocial functioning of adolescents experiencing chronic fatigue.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 152-156
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish