Stress Among Indian Police and Conceptual Issues
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International Monthly Refereed Journal of Research In Management & Technology ISSN – 2320-0073 Volume II, May’13
STRESS AMONG INDIAN POLICE AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
Priya Xavier1 and Dr. K. Prabhakar2
1
Assistant Professor, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India Email: priya.xavier@ymail.com 2 Professor, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India Email: kprksr@gmail.com
INTRODUCTION Origin of the stress concept predates antiquity. Even prehistoric man must have recognized a common element in loss of vigor and a sense of exhaustion that overcame him after hard labour, intense fear, and lengthy exposure to cold or heat, starvation, loss of blood or any kind of strenuous exertion. The objective of this paper is to understand the meaning of stress and provide few definitions. Also to explain the methodology to measure stress among police personnel. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, stress was equated with force, pressure or strain exerted upon a material object or person which resists these forces and attempts to maintain its original state. The term stress has been used variously to refer to a) stimulus (external force acting on the organism), b) response (changes in the physiological functions), c) interaction (interaction between an external force and the resistance opposed to it), and d) more comprehensive combinations of the above factors. In psychology, stress refers to a state of the organism resulting from some interaction with the environment. In psycho-physiology, stress is that stimulus which imposes detectable strain that can be easily accommodated by the body and so presents itself as impaired health or behavior. In the stimulus –oriented approach, stress “ should be understood as that which happens to the man, not that which happens in him, it is a set of causes ,not a set of symptoms” Symonds (1974).According to Margetts (1975) living organisms adjust themselves to handle and maintain a reasonable input of
International Monthly Refereed Journal of Research In Management & Technology ISSN – 2320-0073 Volume II, May’13
STRESS AMONG INDIAN POLICE AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
Priya Xavier1 and Dr. K. Prabhakar2
1
Assistant Professor, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India Email: priya.xavier@ymail.com 2 Professor, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India Email: kprksr@gmail.com
INTRODUCTION Origin of the stress concept predates antiquity. Even prehistoric man must have recognized a common element in loss of vigor and a sense of exhaustion that overcame him after hard labour, intense fear, and lengthy exposure to cold or heat, starvation, loss of blood or any kind of strenuous exertion. The objective of this paper is to understand the meaning of stress and provide few definitions. Also to explain the methodology to measure stress among police personnel. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, stress was equated with force, pressure or strain exerted upon a material object or person which resists these forces and attempts to maintain its original state. The term stress has been used variously to refer to a) stimulus (external force acting on the organism), b) response (changes in the physiological functions), c) interaction (interaction between an external force and the resistance opposed to it), and d) more comprehensive combinations of the above factors. In psychology, stress refers to a state of the organism resulting from some interaction with the environment. In psycho-physiology, stress is that stimulus which imposes detectable strain that can be easily accommodated by the body and so presents itself as impaired health or behavior. In the stimulus –oriented approach, stress “ should be understood as that which happens to the man, not that which happens in him, it is a set of causes ,not a set of symptoms” Symonds (1974).According to Margetts (1975) living organisms adjust themselves to handle and maintain a reasonable input of