Sociological Perspective Of Social Stress

The sociological perspective of social stress takes into consideration the impact of social situations on stress. Several sociologists have contributed to the study of social stress over the years, including: Émile Durkheim, W.I. Thomas, and Charles Horton Cooley. Durkheim considered how individuals are impacted by larger forces, i.e. society. He published a wealth of knowledge concerning suicide, weighing the rates at which groups commit suicide and the influencing factors behind the act. Individual behaviors (stress) are shaped by the circumstances of social forces (society) (Weiss, Lonnquist 2015). Taking the sociological perspective a step further, Thomas explored the impact of an individual’s perception of social events on their stress