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BASIC CONCEPTS OF STRESS HANA SUHAIL MASOOD STD. XI A I. MEANING AND DEFINITION:- We generally use the word "stress" when we feel that everything seems to have become too much - we are overloaded and wonder whether we really can cope with the pressures placed upon us. Anything that poses a challenge or a threat to our well-being is considered as stress. Stress is defined as our response to events that disrupt‚ or threaten to disrupt our physical or psychological functioning. It is an internal
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different definitions of stress‚ it will then go on to discuss how stress affects an individual by describing and evaluating two different models of stress. There have been various ways that stress has been defined. Stress in general terms is an emotive word which can be related to harmful and negative events. In psychological terms‚ individual differences make stress difficult to define as what is stressful to one‚ may not be stressful to another. Twining (1998) defined stress as “any situation or
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Stress is known to have an effect on the psychological factors of the body which alerts the homeostatic state by controlling the functions of the nervous and endocrine systems. Stress activates a development in the cardiovascular system such as acute myocardial infarction (rosengren et.al 2004). Each individual responds differently to stress as it depends on the psychological factors. Selyes model of stress is psychological factor which is an individual reaction to stress. The general adoption
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psychological imbalance‚ the information management will be at stake. It is also widely accepted that stress is the primary cause of this imbalance. Commonsense tells us that people under excessive stress are less efficient. A decreased level of efficiency will naturally affect information handling—which requires attention and precision. Excessive stress can cause havoc in an organization. What stress causes to the business world can be perceived through the following statistics: o In excess
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Stress can become a major problem when it is a constant in daily life (American Heart Association‚ 2011). When stress becomes chronic it can steal the pleasure and productivity from your life. Chronic stress can lead to many major health problems because it disrupts almost every system of the human body (Smith‚ Segal‚ Segal‚ 2013). One of the many side effects of stress is weight gain and that in itself can have meant unhealthy side effects (Nelson‚ Kocos‚ Lytle & Perry‚ 2009). I find that I am experiencing
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Strategies for Managing Stress Every day people describe their lives as intense and stressful. There are many causes of stress such as job related‚ family‚ and financial. However‚ there exist multiple types of stress. Nonetheless‚ stress levels can vary from one individual to the next and remains to be a challenge definitively. According to Colella‚ Hitt‚ and Miller (2006) "stress can be defined as a feeling of tension that occurs when a person assesses that a given situation is about to exceed
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Stress among Teenagers Nowadays‚ stress has become one of the biggest problems among teenagers. It comes in many ways that could be a challenge to our well-being but sometimes can lead to serious diseases. Stressful work condition‚ whether caused by individual or situational factors‚ can lead to health problem and risk injury (Arrington‚ 2008). Hence‚ we have to avoid from all the stress sources in order to succeed. In general‚ stress can be divided into five main of categories: personal stress
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Stress in Business Date 24 October 2013 In the fast pace environment we live‚ stress is built in our daily routines. Growing evidence suggest that high level of stress adversely affect physical health‚ psychological well-being and many aspects of task performance. Of course a certain level of pressure in a business environment is desirable. Pressure helps to motivate people and will boost their energy and productivity levels but‚ when the pressure individuals are under exceeds their ability
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Stress is a person’s response to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus. Stress is a body’s way to react to a challenge. According to the stressful event‚ the body’s way to respond to stress is by sympathetic nervous system activation which results in the fight-or-flight response. Stress typically describes a negative condition or a positive condition that can have an impact on a person’s mental and physical well-being. Life can be stressful; sometimes you’ll have to deal
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