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Chronic self -esteem is the positive or negative way in which a person views himself or herself as a whole.

Chronic strain refers to aA stressful experience that is a usual but continually stressful aspect of life.

Deutsch: Chronischer Stress / Español: Estrés Crónico / Português: Estresse Crônico / Français: Stress Chronique / Italiano: Stress Cronico

Chronic Stress in the context of psychology refers to a state of ongoing, persistent stress that continues for an extended period, often due to unrelenting demands and pressures of daily life. Unlike acute stress, which is a short-term response to a specific threat or challenge, chronic stress occurs when an individual perceives a sense of having little or no control over recurring or continuous stressors, leading to a prolonged state of physiological and emotional tension.

Chronic stressors refer to threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no readily apparent time limit.

Chronically depressed means experiencing depression over a long period of time.

Deutsch: Chronobiologie / Español: Cronobiologia / Português: Cronobiologia / Français: Chronobiologie / Italiano: Cronobiologia

Chronobiology refers to the study of the timing of biological systems

Chronological age is a person's age in years; the physical age of an individual

Chronological résumé refers to a résumeé in which jobs are listed in order from most to least recent.