CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
"A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question.
Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?”??Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.??She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
She continued, “The stresses and …show more content…
It can also differently mean at different situations by same individual. It depends on the individual’s line of thought. Stress is not only a state which pressurizes, but also a stimulus which triggers for a response i.e., motivation. Little stress is good for better performance, as it motivates the individual to achieve the goals, but as the percentage of stress increases it causes tension and may affect the mental and physical health of the individual.
Pestonjee (1992) has identified 3 important sectors of life in which stress originates (i) Organizational& Job sector (ii) Social sector and (iii) Intrapsychic sector. This study focuses on occupational/job stress. Pareek (1980) pioneered work on role by identifying as many as 10 different types of organisational role stresses. Briefly these are:
Inter Role Distance (IRD): Conflict between organisational and non-organisational roles.
Role Stagnation (RS): “Feeling of being stuck in the same role.” It results in the perception that there is no opportunity for learning & growth in the role.
Role Expectation Conflict (REC): Conflicting demands made on the role by role …show more content…
Scope is a specific will define specific boundaries. The definitions of scope are the "borders" where the objective, knowledge, instruction or outcome of the activity is found.
Previous studies has shown that there are high levels of stress among doctors in different countries like Australia, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Greece (multivariate analyses revealed that predictors of physical and mental ill health and job dissatisfaction and “demands of the profession” results in stress among doctors of Greece, Cooper C. Et al., 2003), China (It could be important for health administrators to note that mental health appears to be an increasing problem in Chinese doctors only because of stress and corresponding helping measure should be made, Chen X., 2012).
This study focuses on stress among doctors working in Out Patient Clinics. The research was carried out to levels, factors of stress among doctors working in OPD and what are the coping strategies adopted by them. For conducting the study help of certain tools were taken such as journals, net search, filling up of questionnaires and one-on-one interactions with doctors.
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1.1 INTRODUCTION
"A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question.
Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?”??Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.??She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
She continued, “The stresses and …show more content…
It can also differently mean at different situations by same individual. It depends on the individual’s line of thought. Stress is not only a state which pressurizes, but also a stimulus which triggers for a response i.e., motivation. Little stress is good for better performance, as it motivates the individual to achieve the goals, but as the percentage of stress increases it causes tension and may affect the mental and physical health of the individual.
Pestonjee (1992) has identified 3 important sectors of life in which stress originates (i) Organizational& Job sector (ii) Social sector and (iii) Intrapsychic sector. This study focuses on occupational/job stress. Pareek (1980) pioneered work on role by identifying as many as 10 different types of organisational role stresses. Briefly these are:
Inter Role Distance (IRD): Conflict between organisational and non-organisational roles.
Role Stagnation (RS): “Feeling of being stuck in the same role.” It results in the perception that there is no opportunity for learning & growth in the role.
Role Expectation Conflict (REC): Conflicting demands made on the role by role …show more content…
Scope is a specific will define specific boundaries. The definitions of scope are the "borders" where the objective, knowledge, instruction or outcome of the activity is found.
Previous studies has shown that there are high levels of stress among doctors in different countries like Australia, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Greece (multivariate analyses revealed that predictors of physical and mental ill health and job dissatisfaction and “demands of the profession” results in stress among doctors of Greece, Cooper C. Et al., 2003), China (It could be important for health administrators to note that mental health appears to be an increasing problem in Chinese doctors only because of stress and corresponding helping measure should be made, Chen X., 2012).
This study focuses on stress among doctors working in Out Patient Clinics. The research was carried out to levels, factors of stress among doctors working in OPD and what are the coping strategies adopted by them. For conducting the study help of certain tools were taken such as journals, net search, filling up of questionnaires and one-on-one interactions with doctors.
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