Stress intensity factor

Professional burnout, or simply burnout, is a state of physical, psychological, emotional, and/or spiritual fatigue. Burnout is a process which occurs cumulatively over time with contributing factors related to the individual, populations served, and the organization (Newell & Nelson-Gardell, 2014). Professionals who are highly motivated, idealistic, and highly empathic are at greater risk for burnout. This can be the caused by two reasons. First, the lack of clear boundaries as to what their…

The reasons social workers leave the profession are varied. Effective professional supervision was listed as one factor contributing to job effectiveness along with supportive feedback, or being rewarded for their efforts (Chiller & Crisp, 2012). According to Pines et, al (1982) “good relationship with and support from direct supervisors can influence work satisfaction…

Fear. We all have it. As humans of earth, we are given an emotion that holds us back from our lives. It sucks away the life in our souls. Surrendering to fear only discourages us from the beauty of life. All of us have fallen victim to fear. Deep down every human has a fear whether it be fear of heights or fear of spiders. Fears are seemingly hard to vanquish, especially if the fear is intimidating. As time progresses, fears get stronger and stronger, while the victim gets more fearful. The…

of stress and yet for many people, they are living under extraordinary pressures and have no easy way seemingly to ease the pressures. Unfortunately in the current financial climate where people have to work harder, taking on extra jobs and having to juggle home and family life, pressures escalate. Stress is not a bad thing per se as it is a warning light to indicate that things are becoming too much but, the problems occur when these warning signs are ignored. The long term effects of stress…

effect on them. In the article entitled, “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Older Adults: A Conceptual Review”, Drs. Patricia Averill and J. Gayle Beck examines the issue of understanding posttraumatic stress disorder in older adults (2000). The article basically takes a look into the long term effect that previous experienced traumas have on older adults. Although the article examines the issue with the understanding of posttraumatic stress disorder in older…

Emotional labor affects employees everyday. It especially affects employees that work in retail sales or wait on tables at a restaurant. Employees are expected to project a friendly demeanor and smile. Most of the time employees fake this. Emotional labor is a situation in which an employee expresses organizationally desired emotions during interpersonal transactions at work. Every job has a different emotional labor that is expected of them. Flight attendants should be happy while funeral…

Psychological stress is related to the onset of a spectrum of diseases (Cohen, Janicki-Deverts, & Miller, 2007), but the underlying pathways linking stress with disease are not fully understood. Recently there has been increasing interest in exploring low-grade peripheral inflammation as a potential pathway, especially considering that inflammation is reliably induced by psychological stress and directly affects various organ systems in the body (Rohleder, 2014). Previous studies showed that…

8. Describe how stress and emotional factors can lead to the development and exacerbation of cardiovascular disorders, asthma, and tension headaches Well, stress can have a major impact on our bodies and can cause a myriad of illnesses. The reason why stress affects the body is because it is an innate response to a threat which causes your body to focus on the threat more than the other functions. While having these stressed for prolonged periods, it starts to take a tole on the body because of…

The Biodex System SD is a device that was created to analyse the change in an individual bodies’ centre of mass under unstable and stable platforms (Biodex medical system, Sherley, NY). It helps with a wide range of performance and pathological factors such as improving balance, developing muscle tone and agility according to “The national athletic trainer’s association convention daily newspaper”. It is further stated and mention that it may also be used for training, testing,…

bring our dreams into reality. Choose. Take ‘charge.’ What are you waiting on? If you lack the determination, what you’re really lacking is personal power and independence. Lacking personal power and independence is stressful. We have all experience stress filled days when we believe the entire kit and caboodle is slipping right through our hands. As if absolutely everything we’ve worked for is falling apart.…