Stress Management at Work 3
August 4th 2011 02:38
Causes of Job Stress
As stated at the earlier part of this discourse, stress can be rooted from the worker’s characteristics and his working conditions.
A contributing factor in acquiring stress is the fact that individuals vary in personality and lifestyle. What is stressful for one may not be stressful for another. These individual differences should then be scrutinized in order to create measures to actually preventing stress from affecting an individual.
Another truth is that certain working conditions are stressful to most people. Conditions may include hazards within the environment or the nature of work itself. Therefore working conditions should also be given great emphasis in managing or even preventing stress.
Effects of Stress
The following conditions entitle a worker to acquiring stress:
•Person becomes overwhelmed and exhausted by a task.
•Person’s assessment of stressful situation is dysfunctional.
•The person’s coping skills are inadequate to address perceived stressors.
•External resources are either not available or are insufficient.
Prolonged, overly intense, unresolved stress puts the body in a constant state of activation, increasing the rate of wear and tear to the body’s biological systems. Consequently fatigue and damage results and risk of injury and disease escalates.
Stress offers a wide spectrum of consequences. They include mood and sleep disturbances, upset stomach and headache, and disturbed family or friend relationships. These early signs of job stress are easy to recognize. But the conditions do not stop there. Studies also show that job stress leads to diseases which may accumulate for a long period of time. These chronic diseases and conditions include cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, psychological disorders, workplace injuries, suicide, cancer, ulcers, and impaired immune functions (Encyclopedia of Occupational Safety and Health).
As stated at the earlier part of this discourse, stress can be rooted from the worker’s characteristics and his working conditions.
A contributing factor in acquiring stress is the fact that individuals vary in personality and lifestyle. What is stressful for one may not be stressful for another. These individual differences should then be scrutinized in order to create measures to actually preventing stress from affecting an individual.
Another truth is that certain working conditions are stressful to most people. Conditions may include hazards within the environment or the nature of work itself. Therefore working conditions should also be given great emphasis in managing or even preventing stress.
Effects of Stress
The following conditions entitle a worker to acquiring stress:
•Person becomes overwhelmed and exhausted by a task.
•Person’s assessment of stressful situation is dysfunctional.
•The person’s coping skills are inadequate to address perceived stressors.
•External resources are either not available or are insufficient.
Prolonged, overly intense, unresolved stress puts the body in a constant state of activation, increasing the rate of wear and tear to the body’s biological systems. Consequently fatigue and damage results and risk of injury and disease escalates.
Stress offers a wide spectrum of consequences. They include mood and sleep disturbances, upset stomach and headache, and disturbed family or friend relationships. These early signs of job stress are easy to recognize. But the conditions do not stop there. Studies also show that job stress leads to diseases which may accumulate for a long period of time. These chronic diseases and conditions include cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, psychological disorders, workplace injuries, suicide, cancer, ulcers, and impaired immune functions (Encyclopedia of Occupational Safety and Health).
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