{"id":14726,"date":"2023-07-12T08:36:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=14726"},"modified":"2023-07-13T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T00:34:50","slug":"the-warrior-worrier-hypothesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2023\/07\/12\/the-warrior-worrier-hypothesis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Warrior \/ Worrier Hypothesis<\/br>A biological explanation of stress<\/font>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is adapted from our textbook, Stress: A Student’s Guide for IB Health Psychology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Are some people naturally more stressed than others? The Warrior \/ Worrier hypothesis says yes. This theory identifies the specific gene that explains stress levels.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Basic Theory<\/strong><\/h1>\n

How do genes affect stress?<\/em><\/p>\n

How you respond to stress could be based on your COMT gene<\/strong>. This is the basis of the warrior\/worrier hypothesis. <\/strong>You might be a Met\/Met homozygote (Met<\/strong>), a Val\/Val homozygote (Val<\/strong>), or a Val\/Met heter<\/em>ozygote (Val\/Met<\/strong>). About 25% of people are Mets, 25% are Vals, and 50% are Val\/Mets.<\/p>\n

The Vals are the warriors. They have lower levels of stress. The Mets are the worriers. They have higher levels of stress. Predictably the Val\/Mets fall in the middle.<\/p>\n

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