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Chapter 7
Stress
Management
Chapter Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter you should be able to:
• Define and describe the nature of stress.
• Identify basic individual differences related to stress.
• Identify and describe common causes of stress.
• Discuss the central consequences of stress.
• Describe various ways that stress can be managed.
• Discuss work-life linkages and their relation to stress.
*Among the criteria used in the rankings: overtime, quotas, deadlines, competitiveness, physical demands, environmental
conditions, hazards encountered, initiative required, stamina required, win-lose situations, and working in the public eye
Reference: "The Most Stressful Jobs," February 26, 1996. Republished with permission of Dow Jones, from WALL STREET JOURNAL, February 26,
1996; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
The amount of life stress that a person has experiences in a given period of time, say one year, is measured by the total number of life change units (LCUs). These
units result from the addition of the values (shown in the right hand column) associated with events that the person has experienced during the target time period.
Reprinted from JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH, V11, Thomas H. Holmes and Richard H. Rahe: "The Social Adjustment Rating Scale,"
Copyright © 1967, with permission from Elsevier.
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