Published by: Zaya
Published date: 15 Jun 2021
Stress is the non-specific response of the body to any demand or unexpected event in the environment that requires an adjustment. Quick and Quick, 1982, “Stress is an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or threatening to the person’s well-being.”
A stressor is an unavailable part of life. The three main causes can be broadly grouped into 3 categories:
Environmental stressors include social, technological, political change, economic and financial condition, race and class, residential or community conditions. It also includes infections, physical trauma, malnutrition, and fatigue. Its types are:
Work is the most stressful part of our lives. Complications may come from job insecurity, loss of a close friend lack of motivation, or from different pressures related to work. Its types are:
It results not only from job-related forces but also from individual factors like; family, and social relations, and economic problems associated with self acculturative stress and inherent personality characteristics. Types are as follows:
Due to it, an individual’s ability to think, feel, and act is affected. The consequences are as follows:
It can have a negative influence on health. This negative influence can be seen if an individual can interpret the bodily symptoms of stress. Some symptoms can be readily recognized, while others are vague. The physiological changes in different bodily functions seen are:
These are stress-related problems that affect a person’s mental health and well-being. If the situations are not regular, up and downs are existing and the job provides no variety, significance following symptoms occur and they are :
Stress can have even more direct consequences for organizations and it’s employees which include poor job performances, withdrawal, negative changes in attitudes, and job burnout as well. It hampers on:
Normal people under stress show unusual and behave differently than in normal situations. It can also have adverse effects on eating habits and causes weight fluctuations as well as other disorders like absenteeism, employs turnover aggressiveness, etc.