Three Biggest Stress Research

The Science of Stress is an informative video by National Geographic detailing the body response to stress. Stress is the body’s way of getting itself prepared to face a challenge. It is constant problem that everyone has to deal with. It was originally meant to aid our survival, but over time it has become dangerous and lethal to our well being. National Geographic’s video gives us a scientific view of what goes on in our bodies when experiencing stress and its effects on it.

There are many different broad definitions of stress and how to cope with it, known as stress management.

The status of our country in light of the President’s pending and future executive orders, ICIS, the overall economy; gas prices, housing, education, and taxes, and the civil state of our nation. I find these issues disconcerting.

In my work place setting, I work for a agency who works with families with children that are autistic or have behavioral problems. Moreover, with my job being an agency there are significant amount of flaws within this organization. Agencies in general seem to have many flaws. Furthermore, I experience a few stressors that effect me daily. One stressor that I experience is having to go to weekly supervision every Friday without pay. This is a stressor for me because my job location is not as close to my house, granted about 25 minutes from my home. So, the stress for me is driving all the way to my job location just to speak on actions of my client that are consistent each week. Other jobs that I have applied to previously compensate their workers for supervision weekly or give the option to have phone conferences about our clients.

Another form of mental stress is not talking, addressing or acknowledging your problems as the arise or in a timely matter. Mental stress factors are most commonly talked about and are perceived as negative but that is necessarily true. Just because there is a problem doesn’t mean it can’t be handled. However, either way you not handling them [stress or problems] will make your body pay the price [high bp and other health issues] for neglecting them.

I believe that work is my major stressor. I am a hard worker and some of the people I work with could care less if they do a good job or not. They end up doing less and I end up getting more put on my plate because I am willing to do it correctly. The stress part comes in when I listen to them complain about all they have to do, and I am doing half their job while they play solitary on the computer. Learning to meditate and starting to do yoga will be a big help for me when it comes to handling the stress in my life. Eating better after a stressful day will help with my weight and will in turn help with stress because excess body weight also contributes to

Students were asked about how anxious they were and then were randomly assigned to drink a coffee provided. They were then given a survey before their exam. The 2x3 between-subjects experiment is caffeine use (caffeinated, decaffeinated) and anxiety levels (low, medium, high) on a student’s stress levels before an exam. The survey had some demographic questions and had five questions for each category of stress that they rated on a 10 point Likert scale. The categories of stress are physical, emotional and psychological stress.

Five stressors that can specifically affect the health of a workingwoman are financial obligations, poor diet, family, minimal sleep, and social duties. Possible ways to reduce stress are to identify stress, implement healthy coping mechanisms, exercise, allocate time for relaxation, and proper time management.

Stress can be simply described as any form of strain that is placed on an organism that causes it to react or behave in a manner that throws it outside of its norm (homeostasis). This change in behavior or reaction can have either positive or negative effects on the organism. Things that cause stress can be classified as "stressors". Stressors are factors that cause some sort of internal reaction in a person. Stress affects everyone and is currently described in three main theories or perspectives. The three theories regarding stress are environmental stress, psychological (emotional) stress and biological stress.

Social life expectations is also a huge stressor, people want to feel the need to be popular and pressured to fit in. Another major source of my stress is financial issues, fortunately my parents are able to provide me with necessary needs like a car, school books, food, home, clothes/shoes and money. At the point where I need be dependent on my own rather than on my parents which causes me a lot of stress. Another major source of my stress is seeing my parents hurt whether it be physically, mentally or emotionally. My parents worked so hard and became successful which inspires me and seeing them hurt stresses me out when i’m unable to do anything. My last source of my stress are certain lifestyle choices. I tend to make poor choices that affect other situations in my life in a negative way. For example, staying up late on a school night or skipping an important event to hang out with friends. Some of my internal factors are being insecure or feeling worried. Feeling insecure on how I look or even how I dress and feeling worried about others opinions or other situations. Other internal factors are being confused with what I’m doing with my life. Some external factors include, school and work. Being overloaded with work causes a huge stress on me along with not sleeping at night or having family issues.

The general view regarding the level of stress amongst leaders assumed that the demands increase dramatically but the length of day does not change. Since stress results when demands exceed the resource in this case, time. Therefore leadership is often viewed as highly stressful.

This chapter presents a review of the various literatures in terms of books, journals and internet websites that were used to enrich the knowledge base during the study. This chapter summarizes the information from other researchers who have carried out research in the same field. The specific areas covered are theoretical literature, empirical review and conceptual framework.

Vasudha Venugopal, (2010), an increasing number of IT professionals has been finding it difficult to handle emotional stress, according to experts. An occupational hazard,' the stress related to work needs to be addressed without delay, they emphasize. Coping with stress and striving for mental health welfare should be a matter of concern for all and not treated simply as a lifestyle problem of the IT phenomenon, says Nithya Chandrasekaran, a consultant physician for many IT companies in the city. Post recession, employees feel pressured to perform well. Regular occupational problems such as wrist problems due to constant handling of the mouse, slip disc and eye fatigue are common now, but handling stress that arises owing to fear of losing job or to cope with the increasing competition, affects the employee's performance, eventually, taking a major toll on his health, doctors explain. As if to acknowledge the prevalence of high levels of stress among employees, many IT companies have help hotlines that provide counseling intervention to their employees who face stress or psychological fatigue. Companies are also trying to help employee’s combat stress better. Companies such as Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant and Wipro have regular stress breaks intended to help the employees strike a healthy balance between work and fun.

There is not one day where I am not stressing over something. Whether it’s about schoolwork, work, or stuff at home, a typical day in my life is pretty hectic. I am a stressor! Stress has always overpowered me even in the smallest things. Perhaps because I attempt to keep up with others and maintain a sense of normalcy. Obviously, stress over school and work has affected me to

Stress is a killer. There is doubt that stress can cause health problems. Daily stressors lead into major health problems. Therefore if you can manage your daily stress you can promote a healthier life. The American Medial Association defines stress, as being any disruptions of a person’s mental and physical well being. (4.) My position is that if you balance the stress in your life you can live healthier and prevent certain sicknesses.