A stressor is any event or situation that is perceived by an individual as a threat causing the individual to either adapt or initiate the stress response. Therefore, a stressor is a stimulus and stress is a response. Stressor is the cause and stress is the effect. The effects of stress upon a person are cumulative and can cause serious harm if experienced over a long time.
Dr. Selye Hans (1979b) was the first to study the effects of stress. He suggested that stress had four basic variations
1. Good Stress - Eustress
2. Bad Stress - Distress
3. Overstress - Hyperstress
4. Understress - Hypostress
(1) Good Stress – Eustress: It is the positive, desirable stress that keeps life interesting and helps to motivate and inspire people. Eustress …show more content…
Work stress may be related to stress in the office environment and nature of job. Work stress may become pressing to the extent that the individual lacks autonomy and sense of purpose in the tasks he/she performs along with boredom and monotony.
In order to understand the concept of stress well, it is essential for me to browse through academic literature on theories of stress. Scientists and researchers have developed and described a number of theories from time to time.
Models of Stress
Models are validated theories. They present a holistic picture of the phenomenon under study. Thus, a model of stress presents the image of stress phenomenon in totality, the casual factors, the symptoms, the process and the end result.
A wide variety of models of stress have been presented over the years by scientists. Depending upon a particular focus on aspect / aspects of stress, the researchers adopt these models for analyzing the aspects of stress attempting to understand the stress phenomenon.
A brief description of a few relevant models of stress is presented below:
1) Stimulus-based model of stress, Beehr and Bhagat, (1985), Mc Lean, (1979), Selye, (1975).
2) Response - based model of stress, Beehr (1984, 1985), Caplan, Cobb, French, Harrison and Pinneau …show more content…
Stress can emanate from a combination of these sources. Pestonjee (1992) has identified three important sectors of life from which stress may originate namely job and organization, social sector and intra psychic sector.
Sources of stress can also be categorized differently. Brown (1984) has listed five categories as follows:
Customary anticipated life events (any major change in life) for example marriage, divorce, children leaving home, retirement etc.
Unexpected life events (any major life event which occurs suddenly) for example, major accident, sudden loss of job, terminal illness etc. Progressive, accumulating situational events: (any continuously recurring problems in life's activities) like daily hassles, job and family stress, school stress etc.
Personality glitches: (any personal traits that create social problems) such as poor communication, self-esteem, insecurity, lack of confidence, poor decision making and fear of failure.
Value dependent traits: (circumstances generating thought, feeling and conflict) for instance revolutions, broken homes, moral dilemmas, peer pressure
Dr. Selye Hans (1979b) was the first to study the effects of stress. He suggested that stress had four basic variations
1. Good Stress - Eustress
2. Bad Stress - Distress
3. Overstress - Hyperstress
4. Understress - Hypostress
(1) Good Stress – Eustress: It is the positive, desirable stress that keeps life interesting and helps to motivate and inspire people. Eustress …show more content…
Work stress may be related to stress in the office environment and nature of job. Work stress may become pressing to the extent that the individual lacks autonomy and sense of purpose in the tasks he/she performs along with boredom and monotony.
In order to understand the concept of stress well, it is essential for me to browse through academic literature on theories of stress. Scientists and researchers have developed and described a number of theories from time to time.
Models of Stress
Models are validated theories. They present a holistic picture of the phenomenon under study. Thus, a model of stress presents the image of stress phenomenon in totality, the casual factors, the symptoms, the process and the end result.
A wide variety of models of stress have been presented over the years by scientists. Depending upon a particular focus on aspect / aspects of stress, the researchers adopt these models for analyzing the aspects of stress attempting to understand the stress phenomenon.
A brief description of a few relevant models of stress is presented below:
1) Stimulus-based model of stress, Beehr and Bhagat, (1985), Mc Lean, (1979), Selye, (1975).
2) Response - based model of stress, Beehr (1984, 1985), Caplan, Cobb, French, Harrison and Pinneau …show more content…
Stress can emanate from a combination of these sources. Pestonjee (1992) has identified three important sectors of life from which stress may originate namely job and organization, social sector and intra psychic sector.
Sources of stress can also be categorized differently. Brown (1984) has listed five categories as follows:
Customary anticipated life events (any major change in life) for example marriage, divorce, children leaving home, retirement etc.
Unexpected life events (any major life event which occurs suddenly) for example, major accident, sudden loss of job, terminal illness etc. Progressive, accumulating situational events: (any continuously recurring problems in life's activities) like daily hassles, job and family stress, school stress etc.
Personality glitches: (any personal traits that create social problems) such as poor communication, self-esteem, insecurity, lack of confidence, poor decision making and fear of failure.
Value dependent traits: (circumstances generating thought, feeling and conflict) for instance revolutions, broken homes, moral dilemmas, peer pressure