2012 The Effects of Stress on Health The term “stress” is derived from the Latin word stringere‚ or to draw tight. Stress causes blood capillaries to close‚ which restricts bleeding if a flesh wound should occur. Your pupils dilate during a stressful event much the same way they do in response to a physical attraction: to gather more visual information about a situation. Chronic stress floods the brain with powerful hormones and chemicals that are meant
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An example of the three strategies of coping directly with stress are: Confrontation which is the acknowledging a stressful situation directly and attempting to find a solution to the problem. An example would be me having to work long hours and also attend school full time. The long hours have taken a toll on my body and also on my grades at school. Although I need the money I have decided to no longer work long hours so that I could get enough rest and also improve on my grades. Compromise: is
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CHAPTER EIGHT WORK STRESS‚ WORK SATISFACTION AND COPING AMONG LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS Chan Kwok-Bun The life insurance industry began in England as early as 1756‚ yet agents as an occupation to sell insurance directly to the public did not appear until 1840‚ and mostly in the United States (Kessler‚ 1985‚ p. 14; Leigh-Bennett‚ 1936‚ p. 59). The industry in the United States expanded considerably in the late nineteenth century due to rapid economic growth‚ urbanisation and popular education; one
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Impact of Stress on Health Introduction It is a known fact to everyone that there is a strong connection between stress and physical and mental health of a person. This fact has also been supported and acknowledge by the results and finding for the survey Stress in America as respondents and participant of the research have showed high levels of stress leading towards their dependence upon unhealthy means and behaviors to combat the effects. Stress has also been suggested to affect the physical
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UNIT 8: COPING WITH STRESS IN CARE ENVIRONMENTS (LEVEL 3) 1 Recognise the symptoms and effects of stress Definition of stress Common physical symptoms of stress: Cardiac Neurological Respiratory Gastrointestinal Muscular Emotional Stress Emotional stress is generally the kind of stress people are talking about when they say that stress causes heart disease. Emotional stress‚ if it is severe enough or chronic enough‚ is bad for you. Recently‚ however‚ evidence has accumulated to be able to say
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Impact of Stress on Student Health The impact of stress on students who attend college or universtiy has a tangible negative effect on both physical health‚ and mental health. Many healthy habits from living at home (such as eating well) become obsolete‚ and students face a lot more deadlines as well as new responsibilities when they move away from home to go to school. Addition of stressors to a persons life not only has an effect on physical health‚ but it can change the way
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Coping is a technique in which people use when dealing with stressful events. It is referred to anything that one might feel‚ think‚ and/or do in order to reduce stress. Because people cope differently‚ there are several different coping methods that people undergo based on what stressful event they have experienced. One particular coping method‚ meaning-focused coping‚ is ways that people find to accomplish the meaning of a stressful situation. When something tragic happens in one’s life‚ let’s
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(1995) Stress‚ Coping and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next?‚ Journal of Health and Social Behavior‚ vol. 35‚ pg. 53-79 This article depicts the stressors of social workers in their practice‚ how stress is handled and the process of gaining the support they need to adequately function and cope with the variety of stress they experience in the field. Ms. Thoits calls upon research to answer questions that have been‚ at that time‚ unanswered‚ such as “How the impact of stress affects
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Sciences 5 (2010) 1911–1917 WCPCG-2010 Sources of stress and coping styles among student-athletes in Jordan universities Abedalbasit Abedalhafiza * ‚ Ziad Altahaynehb‚ Mahmoud Al-Haliqc F F A‚ b‚ c Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences‚ Hashemite University‚ Zarqa‚ Jordan Received January 9‚ 2010; revised February 19‚ 2010; accepted March 4‚ 2010 Abstract This study explored the sources of stress and use of coping styles among Jordanian athletes. Fifty-six student-athletes
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Stress has been defined as “the negative feelings that occurs when an individual feel unable to cope with the demands placed upon them by their environment” (Lazarus and Folkman‚ 1984). Stress is a thing that is experienced by everyone at some stage of their life. College students represent a group which is particularly sensitive to stress. The transition into college life from a school setting can be challenging for some people. The transition involves moving from top dog to the lowest position
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