According to Your Textbook, ______________ Is a Risk Factor for Illnesses

question 137

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, ______________ is a risk factor for illnesses such as heart disease and cancer, and elevates a person's risk for having hypertension, a weaker immune system, and high levels of stress hormones.

• A) resentment
• B) loneliness
• C) marriage
• D) being the youngest child

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Definitions:

Corporate Crisis

A significant threat to operations or reputations that can have negative consequences if not handled properly.

Product Crisis

A case in which a problem in a major product—for example, brakes in a car, faulty batteries in a phone, bacteria in food, or unintended side effects of medicine—creates a public hazard and the company is held responsible.

Unethical Management

Practices by leadership that violate moral principles or values, often compromising the well-being of employees, customers, or the environment.

Issue Life Cycle

The progression of an issue through stages, from emergence to resolution, relevant in crisis management and public relations planning.