Stress

Over time the scholars have developed many theories on stress. This paper is going to focus on three of those theories: person-environment fit theory, the ethological theory, and the crisis theory. Writers own definition on stress is introduced, and the different factors that have affected writer during the stressful time in her life. Furthermore, three stressors are discussed that may affect a nursing profession and the stress management techniques that could reduce those stressors.…

Stress is caused by an event or series events in our environment which we perceive and respond in a variety of physiological responses in our bodies (Day, Whetham and Whetham, 2003). Stress is not only caused by negative events, it can also be caused by positive events in our lives such as getting a new job or starting a new relationship. These are called stressors, stressors are activities, events, or changes that result in stress on an object or organism. 
 Studies show that stress is not…

Stress. Stress creeps into all parts of our lives when we let it. We can even be stressed when we're happy. But when we're sad, stress seems magnified like our lives are moving in slides on the big screen. And stress will kick us when we're down. If we're sad, depressed, anxious, angry, or worried, it seems ten times more difficult to get past the stressful events in our lives. Little things can blow up and seemingly take on a life of their own. They take on our lives and even try to take them…

The average level of stress went from 5 to 4.2 and the PSS score went from 21 to 17 after the participant incorporate the stress coping mechanism into daily activities. The variation in the mean of stress level can be examined directly, such that the lower the mean, the less stress the participant experienced. The rating of the statements in the PSS, however, had to be converted into a different grading scale. Positively worded items (4 to 8) were reversely scored while negatively worded items…

obstacles these victims have to face on a daily basis; this makes coping with stress all the more difficult. CSA causes a significant amount of stress on the body; this type of stress can directly effect a person’s ability to cope, their immune function and their overall health. There are long-term effects to CSA as well. These long-term effects damage all aspects of a person well-being (Wilson, 2012). Because of this, stress management and prevention play an important role when it comes to the…

through this thing called life. After taking the Holmes-rache life stress inventory I realized that like most college students I am very stressed. (Rahe, 1967) With a reeking score of 400 I desperately need to find…

During times of stress I do tend to have negative thoughts. When I am stressed I have very high anxiety and this leads to thought of anger, sadness, loneliness, and often jump to the worst conclusion. My negative thought tend to differ depending on what I am stressed about. Lately I have been very stressed about my future wand I am going to do after I graduate. This type of stress gives my many feelings of self-doubt. I questions if I’m good enough, smart enough, and tend to get very down on…

Stress costs American industry more than $300 billion annually. * The lifetime prevalence of an emotional disorder is more than 50%, often due to chronic, untreated stress reactions. My second article below, talks about the myths of stress. What we should believe and the other factors of stress that are simply not true or unrelated to stress. (http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-myths.aspx). Six myths surround stress. Dispelling them enables us to understand our problems and then take…

first by Hans Selye, General Adaptation Syndrome, or GAS, is used to describe the body’s short and long-term reactions to stress. Selye was said to be the “Father of Stress” and the first to give an explanation for biological stress. He first believed that stress was involved with the nervous system and the endocrine system, but later outlined a three stage reaction to stress. These three stages include: the alarm reaction, the resistance stage, and the stage of exhaustion. The first stage is…

After taking both of the self-assessment/evaluation stress test, the results showed that, having a high chance of stress leads to being sick in the future. With both of test combine, it certainly confirms that there are many stress factors in my life. Although not completely surprised with the evaluation result, I am truly shocked and frightened to know I am in the danger zone since trying to reduce the amount of stress that happens in my daily life after receiving a recently medical diagnosis…