Theory Of Stress

Over the past two decades there has been an increasing belief that the experience of stress has undesirable consequences for health. The international labour Organisation (ILO) has reported that the executive stress is one of the most serious occupational hazards of the 21st century. The engineering approaches have treated stress as stimulus characteristics of the adolescent’s environment. International theories of stress focus on the structural characteristics of an adolescent’s interaction with their environment.

The most transactional theories of stress focus on the cognitive processes underpinning the adolescents’ interaction with their environment. The psychological and physiological changes which are associated with the recognition

Anxiety state and anxiety trait: Sushiate (1986) found a significant correlation between stress and anxiety state and anxiety trait.

Need for achievement: Srivastava and Sehgal (1984) , Mohan Chauhan (1999), Hauhan and Chauhan (2001), all studied effect of employees and achievement on their perception of occupational stress and inferred that high need for achievement acts as a resource in influencing the cognitive appraisal of stress, thus moderating their effectiveness.

Ego strength and job involvement: Srivastava and Sinha (1983) concluded that perceived role stress is a function of ego strength and job involvement. The ego strength enables one to cope effectively with excessive demands and conflicting expectations.

Values, goals and priorities: Autunovsky (1974) has identified commitment to self i.e. an ability to recognize one’s distinctive values, goals and priorities and an appreciation of one’s own capacity to have purpose and to make decisions as a generalised resistance resource against the impact of

A sample of 200 nurses was compared to 147 nurses sampled from the same hospital wards after 5 years and revealed a significant increase in nurses’ workload, involvement with life and death situations, and pressure from being required to perform tasks outside of their competence. Although nurses working in public hospitals generally reported more stress than private hospitals, surprisingly nurses’ satisfaction with their job increased particularly in public hospitals, which may be attributable to age, improvements in monetary compensation, and organizational support. (Elsevier B.V Elsevier B.V. Elsevier B.V; 2009) Joel E. Dimsdale, San Diego and La Jolla, (2008) reviewed the conceptual issues in defining stress and then explored the ramification of stress in terms of the effects of acute versus long-term stressors on cardiac functioning. Examples of acute stressor studies are discussed in terms of disasters (earthquakes) and in the context of experimental stress physiology studies, which offer a more detailed perspective on underlying physiology. Studies of chronic stressors are discussed in terms of job stress, marital unhappiness, and burden of care