Cannon's Theory Of Stress

Stress Stress is the negative emotional experience that can b predict by biochemical, physiological , thinking, perception and difference in behaviour that are directed stressful events and its effects (Baum,1990) Cannon proposed theoretical contribution to the study of stress when a person perceive a threat ,the body is rapidly motivated via sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine nervous system. This activity response the person to attack the threading situation or to fight is commonly called fight or flight response. Commonly fight associated with hostile response to stress and flight refers in social disengagement such as drug use. (Cannon& Kemery 1932, 2003)
Theoretical Framework

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Selye used stress to refer to the response an organism makes. According to him stress is a non specific response. He divided GAD (General Adaptation Syndrome) in 3 parts. Alarming situation, body is prepared for fight or flight response by the involvement of SNS as heart rate and blood pressure is increased. Resistance situation is the second stage in which the organism adapts to the stressors, external appearance is normal but internal physiology is abnormal. Exhaustion stage is the third and final stage in which organism is in a balanced state due to activation of parasympathetic nervous system however it is at a low level so exhaustion sometimes may prove …show more content…
Certain interpersonal skills, self efficacy, emotional intelligence, creativity, spirituality, problem solving skills, communication helpful in reducing stress in students. So the students better cope with stress full events through improved use of their emotional intelligence. . ( Salovary & .Mayer 1997) A review of the literature highlights the need for examination of the relationship of emotional intelligence as an overarching concept to the Management of Stress.
Objectives
The objective of the study include
1. To investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and Stress among students
2. To investigate whether emotional intelligence is the predictor of Stress or not.
Hypothesis
We hypothesized that emotional intelligence would predict stress among Students. Following hypotheses were drawn to be tested
1. Emotional intelligence will be positively related to stress among Students.
2. Emotional intelligence predicts stress.
Method
Sample Sample consisted of 300 college students (150 girls and 150 boys) Age of students will range from 19 to