Occuptional stress

Revision Notes for Occupational Stress.
What is stress?

- Stress is a word derived from the Latin word stringere meaning to draw tight.

- Stress is any circumstance that places special physical and/or psychological demands on a person such that an unusual or out-of the ordinary responses occur.

o The circumstance, technically termed stressor, can be, for example, a final exam, financial problems, or a difficult boss.

o The unusual or out-of-the ordinary response, more appropriately called stress response, may finish in a variety of physiological or psychological manifestations e.g. headaches, increased alcohol assumptions or depression.

- If demands and pressures (‘stresses’ and ‘stressors’) become too great, they can induce, in anyone, the harmful or potentially harmful mental and physical feelings and reactions commonly known as ‘stress’. Under demand as well as over demand can contribute to a stress situation.

- The severity of...