Social Stress: The Impact Of Political Skill

Stress is very well known for just what it means: STRESS. Its effect on human beings from a local and a global standpoint is far greater than any of us imagine. Stress can overtake one’s body physically, mentally, emotionally, as well as behavioral aspects. This is not something to take lightly. This is actually very serious. If you notice, it’s not just older people that die this day and time with heart attacks, suicide, and things of this nature. People of all ages. Older people, younger people, and even really young people. Children, yes, I said children. Don’t automatically think that stress only affects older people that have lived a longer

Introduction Stress affects millions of people. One of the most common forms of stress is that related to our careers and the workplace. In today 's economic difficulty, work related stress is even more pronounced than ever before. Everyone who has ever held a job has, felt the pressure of work-related stress. Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do. According to the American Psychological Association 's (APA) annual Stress in America Survey. Only 37 percent of Americans surveyed said they were doing

Weitz, speaks about the nature of social stress and defines stress through three components; situations, emotions, and bodily changes. Situations typically produce feelings of anxiousness and unsteadiness when dealing with situations. Emotions is when people tend to get hysterical, nervous, and hysterical when dealing with any situation. Lastly, bodily changes occur when a person’s body actions alters when situations and emotions collide (2013).

The misuse of the word stress occurs quite often between the members of the lower socioeconomic class. Recently the American Psychological Association conducted a nationwide survey to see how America is doing with its stress levels. The American Psychological Association came to the conclusion that the bulk of people encounter stress under the following conditions: loss of money, work (if employed), family responsibilities and health concerns. (“American Psychological Association Survey… NP). Members of the lower socioeconomic class very commonly fail to realize that stress is not only what makes things go wrong but, also what saves one’s life on occasions. Many people work better under pressure, what they don’t know is that they perform better because of how stressed they are to complete a certain assignment. The expectations one’s boss or teacher has for one on an assignment also turns into stress and helps one perform better. Members of higher classes realize this because they are able to afford therapists that help them analyze the root causes of their health. Members belonging to the higher classes also have proper methods of stress relief such as socializing with friends, listening to music and exercising. Rather than using the same or similar methods of stress relief, members of the lower socioeconomic class tend to smoke, drink alcohol and watch excessive amounts of television (Miller, NP). When members of the lower socioeconomic class misinterpret stress and engage in bad stress relief methods it results in more

Researchers also suggest that survivors of MST experience difficulty with emotional regulation and identity, which may suggest more complex traumatic experiences for these survivors (Bell, Dardis, Vento, & Street, 2017). Research shows that diagnosis of personality disorders for the population of veterans that have had experiences with MST, but this may be indicative of trauma experienced in early childhood (Bell, Dardis, Vento, & Street, 2017). Bell, Dardis, Vento, and Street (2017) claim that after taking childhood and other adult interpersonal trauma into consideration, MST continued to be a predictor of MST in a sample of female veterans for symptomology more closely related to complex trauma.

Issues such as the nature of the job and the kind of social life as well as the threatening situations to life often lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. If these situations are not managed at the source, then a person is likely to suffer dire consequences arising from such events. For instance, stress arising from job-related issues should be noted in advance. The management should take the necessary steps to ensure that their workers and colleagues work in the right environment to avoid stressful incidences (Melinda, Lawrence & Jeanne, 2015). On the other hand, individuals need to be open enough to talk out their sufferings and the situations that may cause stress in their line of

This scholarly paper is about stress, one of the social determinants of health, and how stress occurs and how it influences the health and wellbeing of an individual. Stress affects the mental and psychological health of a person, which reflects in their thoughts and emotions, ultimately, making them think or act in a different way than normal. This abnormal behaviour could potentially lead to further severe mental damage. Stress also affects a person’s family and people near them, resulting in separation or loss of friendship, marriage and other social bonds with communities. The paper also endeavours to look into some of the strategies to overcome stress and the ways to fit into a healthy and happy life

Biopsychosocial Framework The biopsychosocial framework is a general model or framework stating that the unavoidable interaction between biological, psychological, and social factors, all play a significant role in human functioning in the context of health. The biopsychosocial framework is used to organise the biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human development (David, et al., n.d) Middle Adulthood Middle age is the prime of life, many of the major life events of middle adulthood, such as parenting and work, span several decades of one’s life. During this time, there are significant developmental events, such as changes in reproductive capacity, developing expertise in well-exercised areas, and transitions in family

The article titled “Lay representations of workplace stress: What do people really mean when they say they are stressed? by Gail Kinman and Fiona Jones, the research questions is what do people actually mean when they say they feel stress due to their jobs? and How people manage their stress? The researchers were wondering how people define the word stress due to past researches participants used to define the word stress with different meanings. For this reason, they conducted this study to find a better concept of the word stress.

A healthy working environment is very vital in any profession in order for the staff to do well in their assigned job. Every healthcare facility should provide a positive environment so that the employees do not get stressed when they are working. In this paper, the author will identify a significant stressful situation, provide support how this situation was stressful, elaborate using Lazarus and Folkman’s theory of stress, describe social support as a stress mediator, clarify how social support can lessen the stress experienced by the author, and how to apply the stress mediator in professional and personal life.

Stress affects individuals of all ages, genders, and cultures. Either good or bad it effects daily life and can cause turmoil if not dealt with in a healthy manner. Take for example Josh Jones (client name has been changed to protect their confidentiality) a Caucasian adolescent male living in a rural Oregon school district. At age eleven he has just transitioned from elementary school to middle school and is adjusting to a larger pool of classmates and adapting to higher expectations set by his teachers. Josh is a middle child with two parents, one of whom recently lost their job; these multiple stressors in Josh’s life have accumulated to the point where Josh is having difficulty managing his stress prompting the following health

We spend much of daily lives working. In fact, Americans spend about eight-times as many hours working as they do eating and drinking (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013). Approximately seven in ten Americans report that they experience symptoms of stress (Anderson, Belar, Breckler, Nordal, Ballard, Bufka, Bossolo & Bethune, 2013). Stress is elicited by a variety of psychological stimulus associated with our jobs, our residences, our social interactions, and the activities we engage in (p. 249, Franken, 2007). Many Americans live with the burden of an unsatisfying job as well as a stressful workplace. An online survey of 1,848 people in the United States, conducted by the American Psychological Association, found that 74 percent of

Stress is a common issue that faces every human being in different times. Stress can be caused by many factors, but one of the main reasons is work which is called occupational stress or work-related stress. Job stress does not only affect the employees’ performance within an organization, but also it affects their general health. Stress has become a challenge for employers now because high level stress results in low productivity, increased absenteeism and other problems like alcoholism, drug abuse and hypertension (Ahmad, Mohamed. 2017). It became a major problem for employers especially in developing countries where they don’t realize the importance of work-life balance and the impact of stress on the productivity level and the job

According to Elkin and Rosch (1990) workplace related stress in a major problem in the U.S. and it creates a major expense for corporations. Koeske, Kirk, and Koeske (1993) indicate that all jobs have some level of stress but jobs that are in the human services have additional stressors because they “derive from intense involvement in the lives of others”. (p.319). They also refer to the type of stress experienced by individuals working in human services as “burnout” (Koeske, Kirk, and Koeske, 1993, p.319). Another factor that can influence our stress level is how we handle life’s demands. There are different ways of reacting to the situations we face every day of our lives. We have all heard of expressions such as ‘road rage’ and ‘going postal’. These are terms that we have come to identified with violent reactions to stressors caused by situations all of us face every day. How many of us have experiences in the road that

A substantial amount of Canadians experience stress in their lives. In fact, nearly one-quarter of the population over the age of 15 are stressed on a daily basis (Statistics Canada, 2013). Stress can be defined as a mental and emotional state of tension, in which one perceives the environment around them to be strenuous and overwhelming. Although some stress is necessary for survival, it can adversely affect both the physical and mental health. Its detrimental effects include but are not limited to: lack of confidence, concentration, motivation, decision making and increased heartrate, sweating, tension, as well as other physical and psychological problems such as headaches and insomnia (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2015). These health complications strongly emphasize the need for further research in ways to cope with, and reduce stress. Henceforth, the purpose of this paper is to use established research to better understand stress, then propose my own study that would investigate another stress-reduction method.