Stress

Management

Dr Aniket Mule
Consultant Physician
Wockhardt Hospital,
Mira Road, Mumbai
 What is Stress:
Stress is a dynamic condition in which an individual is
confronted with an opportunity, demand, or resource related to
what the individual desires and for which the outcome is
perceived to be both important and uncertain as well.

Stress is not necessarily bad in and of itself, although stress is

typically discussed in a negative context , it also has positive
value.
 Stress - Demand and Resources
Demands are responsibilities, pressure, obligations and even uncertainties that
individuals face at workplace

Resources are the thing within an individual control that can be used to
resolve the demands.

When you take a test for annual performance review at work, you feel stress
because you confront opportunities and performance pressure

In such situation, to the extent you can apply resources to the demands such
as being prepared, placed for an exam or in perspective, or getting social
support- you will feel less stress.
 Potential sources of stress:

Personal

Organisational

Environmental
 Environmental Sources of Stress:
Changes in the business cycle of the company creates economic
uncertainty

Political uncertainty causes stress as government policies become

unstable

Technological change is the third type of environmental factor that can

cause stress, because new innovations can make employee’s skills and
experience obsolete in a very short time

Natural calamities or Pandemics

Organizational sources:

Task Demands

Role Demands

Interpersonal Demands
 Task Demands

Task demands are factors related to person’s job.

They include design of the individual’s job autonomy, task variety, degree
of automation, working conditions, and physical work layout.

Working in an overcrowded room or in a visible location where noise and

interruptions are constant can increase anxiety and stress.
 Role demands:
Role demands related to pressure placed on a person as a function of the
particular role he or she plays in the organization

Role conflicts create expectations that may be hard to reconcile or satisfy

Role overload is experienced when the employee is expected to do more than

time permits

Role ambiguity is created when role expectations are not clearly understood
and employee is not sure what he or she is to do.
 Interpersonal demands
Pressure created by other employee

Peer pressure due to high competition

Lack of social support from co worker

 Personal factors
The typical individual works about 40-50 hours a week. But the experience
and problems that people encounter in those other 120-plus hors non-working
hours each week can take over the job.

Personal factors include family issues personal economic problems and

inherent personality characteristics.

Marital difficulties, the breaking off of a relationship, and discipline troubles

with children are examples of relationship problems that create stress for
employees.

Financial problems like overextending the financial burden more than earning
can cause stress.
 Consequences of stress
Physiological problems- More related to medical and health issues-
lack of appetite, high blood pressure, lack of sleep, poor immune system,
irritation, mood swings, diabetes, even heart attack

Psychological problem- job dissatisfaction, tension, irritation, boredom,

anxiety, and procrastination

Behavioural problems- decreased productivity, absenteeism, turnover

 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND JOB
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Low Level of stress High

How to manage stress
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 Suggestions for Reducing Stress
1. Find a support system. Find someone to talk to about your feelings and
experiences.

2. Change your attitude. Find other ways to think about stressful situations.

3. Be realistic. Set practical goals for dealing with situations and solving
problems.

4. Get organized and take charge. Being unorganized or engaging in poor

planning often leads to frustration or crisis situations, which most always
leads to feeling stressed.
5. Take breaks, give yourself "me time." Learn that taking time to yourself for
rejuvenation and relaxation is just as important as giving time to other activities.

6. Take good care of yourself. Eat properly, get regular rest, keep a routine. Allow

yourself to do something you enjoy each day.

7. Learn to say "no." Learn to pick and choose which things you will say "yes" to

and which things you will not.

8. Get regular exercise. Exercising regularly can help relieve some symptoms of
depression and stress, and help us to maintain our health.

9. Get a hobby, do something different. For a balanced lifestyle, play is as

important as work.
10. Slow down. Know your limits and cut down on the number of things you try

to do each day, particularly if you do not have enough time for them or for
yourself.

11. Laugh, use humor. Do something fun and enjoyable such as seeing a funny

movie, laughing with friends, reading a humorous book, or going to a

comedy show.

12. Learn to relax. Develop a regular relaxation routine.

Try yoga, meditation, or some simple quiet time
Thank You