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- Stress is simply a reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our physical or mental equilibrium. In other words, it's an omnipresent part of life. A stressful event can trigger the “fight-or-flight” response, causing hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol to surge through the body.
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Stress Stress typically describes a negative concept that can have an impact on one's mental and physical well-being, but it is unclear what exactly defines stress and whether or not stress is a cause, an effect, or the process connecting the two.
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What is Stress? Meaning, Definition and Causes of Stress Dr. Hans Selye, one of the leading authorities on the concept of stress, described stress as “the rate of all wear and tear caused by life.”. Stress can be positive or negative: Stress is good when the situation offers an opportunity to a person to gain something. It acts as a motivator for peak performance.
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- Not to be confused with accent (sociolinguistics). In linguistics, and particularly phonology, stress or accent is relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word, or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence.
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stress Stress Definition. Stress is defined as an organism's total response to environmental demands or pressures. When stress was first studied in the 1950s, the term was used to denote both the causes and the experienced effects of these pressures. More recently, however, the word stressor has been used for the stimulus that provokes a stress response.
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stress 1 the amount of stress, usually measured in pounds per square inch or in pascals. 2  a load, force, or system of forces producing a strain.  the internal resistance or reaction of an elastic body to the external forces applied to it.
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Understanding chronic stress By definition, stress is any uncomfortable emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes.1 Some stress can be beneficial at times, producing a boost that provides the drive and energy to help people get through situations like exams or work deadlines.
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Stress Stress can be a reaction to a short-lived situation, such as being stuck in traffic. Or it can last a long time if you're dealing with relationship problems, a spouse's death or other serious situations. Stress becomes dangerous when it interferes with your ability to live a normal life over an extended period. You may feel tired, unable to concentrate or irritable. Stress can also damage your physical health.
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What is Stress? A definition of stress should also embrace this type of healthy stress, which is usually ignored when you ask someone about their definition of stress. Any definition of stress should also include good stress, or eustress. For example, winning a race or election is just as stressful as losing, or more so.
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THE GLOSSARY OF Medical Definition of STRESS. 1. a: a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part; especially: the intensity of this mutual force commonly expressed in pounds per square inch b: the deformation caused in a body by such a force. 2.
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Definition of Stress: What is the Stress Response? Another example of the amazing way the body responds automatically to the environment is the fight-or-flight response. The definition of stress, in physiological terms, is a harmful (or potentially harmful) stimulus. Whether the stress is physical or emotional, the response is the same.
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Stress (biology) Physiological or biological stress is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition. Stress is the body's method of reacting to a challenge. Stimuli that alter an organism's environment are responded to by multiple systems in the body.
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Stress In general, stress is related to both external and internal factors. External factors include the physical environment, including your job, your relationships with others, your home, and all the situations, challenges, difficulties, and expectations you're confronted with on a daily basis.
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Stress Management Stress arises when individuals perceive a discrepancy between the physical or psychological demands of a situation and the resources of his or her biological, psychological or social systems (Sarafino, 2012).
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What is stress? Stress can hit anyone at any level of the business and recent research shows that work related stress is widespread and is not confined to particular sectors, jobs or industries. HSE's formal definition of work related stress is: The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work.. The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work.. Stress is not an illness – it is a state.
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- Introduction. Stress is the body's natural response to threatening situations, and it affects everyone. Stress can be good, like buying a new home, or bad, like mounting debt. Either way, your body and mind react to such situations with a heightened state of readiness, which is called the fight or flight response.
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STRESS DEFINITIONS Understanding stress and defining the term stress is not a simple process. As researcher Tom Cox pointed out in 1985: “the concept of ‘stress’ is elusive because it is poorly defined. There is no single agreed definition in existence.It is a concept which is familiar to both layman and professional alike.he fifth definition of stress by the Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (2003) on the other hand, states “stress is a term that refers to the sum of the physical, mental and emotional strains or tensions on a person.
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What is Stress? Any definition of stress should also include good stress, or eustress. For example, winning a race or election is just as stressful as losing, or more so. A passionate kiss and contemplating what might follow is stressful, but hardly the same as having root canal work.
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Stress (biology) Chronic stress is a term sometimes used to differentiate between acute stress. Definitions differ, and may be along the lines of continual activation of the stress response, stress that causes an allostatic shift in bodily functions, or just as prolonged stress.
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- A Stressor is anything (physical or psychological) that produces stress (negative or positive) is considered a stressor.
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What is Stress? Meaning, Definition and Causes of Stress Image credits © Gaurav Akrani. 1  Civic Amenities: Poor civic amenities in the area in which one lives can be a cause of stress. 2  Life Changes: Life changes can bring stress to a person. 3  Frustration: Frustration is another cause of stress.
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stress Definition. 1  Stress is defined as an organism's total response to environmental demands or pressures. When stress was first studied in the 1950s, the term was used to denote both the causes and the experienced effects of these pressures.
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- Definitions: STRESS: The force applied to a plane divided by the area of the plane. COMPRESSIVE STRESS: The stress generated by forces directed toward one another on opposite sides of a real or imaginary plane.
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What is Stress? Any definition of stress should therefore also include good stress, or what Selye called eustress. For example, winning a race or election can be just as stressful as losing, or more so. A passionate kiss and contemplating what might follow is stressful, but hardly the same as having a root canal procedure.
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Combat stress reaction Stress: In a medical or biological context stress is a physical, mental, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. Stresses can be external (from the environment, psychological, or social situations) or internal (illness, or from a medical procedure). Stress can initiate the fight or flight response, a complex reaction of neurologic and endocrinologic systems. Catecholamine hormones, such as adrenaline or noradrenaline, facilitate immediate physical reactions associated with a preparation for violent muscular action.
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What is Stress? Stress is the process by which we appraise and cope with stressors. A person may consider an event stressful and threatening but at the same time another person may consider the same event a challenge. It all depends on how we perceive the event. If we believe that we have no control over the event and there is nothing we can do to deal with the stressor, then it becomes very stressful.