Is there any research about effect of unfamiliar environment on stress? It seems intuitive to me that there is some kind of stress when one is put in an unfamiliar place (There's probably effect on cognitive abilities too). However, I can't find any paper in psychology which discusses that potential relationship.
I have found the following

Older people's cardiac responses as indicators of stress in familiar and unfamiliar environments (Lewis &amp; Phillips, 2012)

I also found:

Padilla, A. M., Alvarez, M., &amp; Lindholm, K. J. (1986). Generational status and personality factors as predictors of stress in students. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 8(3), 275-288.
DOI: 10.1002/dev.420220608


  stressful events center on loss of familial and cultural ties as well as on relative discomfort in an unfamiliar social environment


References

Lewis M. J. &amp; Phillips J. E. (2012). Older people's cardiac responses as indicators of stress in familiar and unfamiliar environments. Psychophysiology, 49(4): pp. 478-483
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01321.x PMID: 22176515