Medicine:Pucker factor
Pucker factor is a military slang phrase used to describe the level of stress and/or adrenaline response to danger or a crisis situation. The term refers to the tightening of the sphincter caused by extreme fear. The term applies only to an individual's response in a crisis situation;[1] it does not pertain to an individual's stress levels outside of a crisis context.
Pucker factor (PF) is usually quantified on a scale of 1 to 10,[2] with a higher value relating to higher anxiety. That said, neither a low nor a high pucker factor is necessarily good. A low value reflects an absence of a situationally appropriate stress response, which absence can be symptomatic of psychosis.[2] Persons with low PF may make decisions "like a robot" without considering ethics or the long-term consequences of their actions. Conversely, if PF is excessive, then the person "puckers" – leading to panic, wherein the person is unable to think clearly and act effectively.[3]
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- ↑ "Pucker Factor | Definition of Pucker Factor by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Pucker Factor" (in en). https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/pucker_factor.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Know Your Military Terminology: The Pucker Factor" (in en). 2013-07-17. https://sofrep.com/news/know-your-military-terminology-the-pucker-factor/.
- ↑ "The Pucker Factor", William Safire. New York Times, 1998. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/07/opinion/essay-the-pucker-factor.html
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