Definition of Terms. 2.1.1. Symptoms and Consequences of Stress: The physiological changes that take place within the body in response to stress are responsible for most stress symptoms. The battle against the stressor is referred to as the fight-or-flight response. Recent studies suggest that females tend-and befriend in response to a stressor. They protect and nurture (tend) and turn to social networks for support (befriend). Also‚ the brain senses stress as damage to well-being and therefore sends out
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another approach has been to understand the response that people have to stress. Thus if we know you are responding to stress we can also then try to identify the causes by Selye (2005). Stress has become an important term in everyday language‚ meaningful to most individuals found in society there are different sources of stress regularly encountered by most individual especially students. There are different causes of stress. First is poverty. It is the state of not having enough money to take care
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Stress‚ as defined by Oxford English Dictionary‚ is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. Everyone will encounter some sort of stress throughout their day to day lives. This is normal a perfectly healthy. Once stress becomes ongoing people begin to develop Chronic Stress. Chronic stress can lead to many health problems and while it still affects the body the same a regular stress it becomes dangerous due of long-term exposure. The
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The first type of stress is under pressure. Under pressure is early stress that people have may include a stress headache‚ backache‚ neck or shoulder stiffness. These are common and often caused by muscle tension and tightness. People have under pressure sometime unconscious habit of teeth grinding while sleeping. Financial problem is common causes of stress such as credit card debt‚ not making rent and inability to provide for a family. Social issue involve environment of surrounding. According
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INTRODUCTION 1. Background If stress is left untreated it can cause many physical and emotional problems such as: digestion problems‚ headaches‚ migraines‚ heart disease‚ anger‚ irritability‚ mood swings‚ depression‚ panic attacks and anxiety. In SPR‚ stress from employee still have going on. While stress is readily acknowledged to be a common feature of modern life‚ defining stress‚ its causes‚ symptoms and effects is a very complex matter. Some definitions of stress and here are some recent definitions
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Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction both good and bad that may be beneficial to the body’s health and also safety. The body responds to the stress by releasing hormones and increasing the heart and breathing rates. The brain receives more oxygen by giving the body an edge in responding to a problem. Also‚ in short term stress helping the body cope with tough situations. Stress can affect the body in many different ways. In the central nervous system there is a charge of the “fight
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Stress is a physiological response to a moment of tension and excessive pressure resulting in emotional strain. A term commonly associated with this is the fight or flight response in which the body reacts to moments of stress‚ otherwise known as high arousal‚ with the response of removal from the unpleasant situation or retaliation in the presence of the stimulus. Adrenaline and cortisol are the key hormones in stress‚ where adrenaline is secreted to create a rise in blood circulation and cortisol
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Stress is a normal reaction by the body to things that happen in life and the environment‚ resulting in destabilization of what you consider the norm. Things and events that cause stress are called stress agents. When a body is functioning properly‚ it had its own built in stress response which helps you in dealing with a stressful situation. How a body reacts to stress varies. In cases where it is unable to cope‚ it can result in life threatening conditions such as heart attack and stroke. Prolonged
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1. Stress Theory Cognitive-relational theory defines stress as a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or exceeding his or her resources and endangering his or her well-being (Lazarus & Folkman‚ 1984b‚ p. 19). Appraisals are determined simultaneously by perceiving environmental demands and personal resources. They can change over time due to coping effectiveness‚ altered requirements‚ or improvements in personal abilities. The
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Stress occurs in human life is frequency because there are many challenge people need to face in daily. Also it is a part of student’s life‚ when the student study at university‚ they may face more difficult problem such as more expectation from their parents‚ financial problems‚ exam or assignment. There are many definitions about stress‚ one definition of stress is the body’s reaction from any situation or thought that changes a physical‚ mental or emotional adjustment or response. (Morrow‚ 2009)
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