STRESS

MANAGEMENT

Presented by
Sreetha Akhil
Msc (N) 1st yr
JMCON
 DEFINITION

The nonspecific response of

the body to any demand
places upon it

(Hana selye )
• Stress is the physiological, psychological
and behavioural response by an individual
when they perceive a lack of equilibrium
between the demand placed upon them and
their ability to meet those demand, which,
over a period of time leads to ill health.

(palmer 1989)
 TYPES

EUSTRESS
DISTRES
S
 CONCEPTS OF STRESS
A. STRESS AS A BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE
1. ALARM STAGE
• Heart rate and strength of the cardiac muscle
contraction increases.
• Blood vessels supplying to the skin and viscera
constrict
• Liver converts glycogen into glucose and releases
it into the blood steam.
• The rate of breathing increases
• Sweating increases.
2. RESISTANT REACTION
 CRH GHRH TRH

Anterior pituitary

ACTH TSH
HGH

Adrenal cortex Thyroid gland

Liver

Adrenal hormones Gluconeogenesis Supplies energy through

carbohydrate mechanism

RESISTANCE REACTION
 3. EXHAUSTION STAGE

• . The manifestations are ulcers trouble with

digestive problem along with other mental
illness.
B.STRESS AS AN ENVIORNMENTAL EVENT
C. STRESS AS A TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE
INDIVIDUAL AND THE ENVIORNMENT
 STRESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
LIFE STYLE CHANGES

1) Regular aerobic
exercises
2) SUFFICIENT SLEEP
 3) RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

1. Meditation

Meditation can give you

a sense of calm, peace
and balance that can
benefit both your
emotional well-being
and your overall health
 2. Autogenic training and imagery

. It retained the feeling of

heaviness and warmth from
hypnosis .
dilate the blood vessels,
increase blood circulation
and body temperature, relax
muscles and create a sense
of heaviness so as to help
people to deal with stressors
effectively.
 3. Deep breathing exercise
Take a deep
breath in. Now let
it out
. Your breath is a
powerful tool to
ease stress and
make you feel
less anxious.
 4. Yoga
It helps to
loosen up the
tense muscles
in your body
 5. Rest and hobbies
Engaging in hobbies, however, can
provide a break with a purpose, which
can help people feel that they’re not
just sitting around but are using their
downtime for something productive.
 HUMOUR

• Laughter enhances your intake of oxygen-rich air,

stimulates your heart, lungs and muscles, and increases
the endorphins that are released by your brain
 BALANCED DIET
• When you're feeling tense, there are many ways to
manage and, in fact, reduce stress levels. Your
diet and nutrition choices can make your stress levels
go up or down.
 SITUVATIONAL
CHANGES
1) Time and
money
management
 2) PRACTICING HEALTHY ASSERTIVENESS
IN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
Being assertive means that you express yourself
effectively and stand up for your point of view,
while also respecting the rights and beliefs of others
3) CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
 COGINITIVE CHANGES
1) SEE PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES
Talk to any successful entrepreneur, or
any professional with a positive attitude,
and you'll find one key trait in common:
all of them have a unique mentality that
allows them to handle challenges
differently.
 2) FOCUS ON POSITIVES
• “Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am
grateful that thorns have roses.”
– Alphonse Karr
SEEING THE GLASS HALF FULL
INSTEAD OF HALF EMPTY
ROYS ADAPTATION MODEL
 JOURNAL ABSTRACT
A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Meditation Techniques on Stress
Reduction among College Student Harivandana College at Rajkot
• Every new school year offers new challenges for students as they
promote into the next grade. There's excitement and maybe even a little
bit of anxiety about the new school year, the new goals and challenges
that each student starts to anticipate. Parents do their best to prepare their
kids, no matter what the age. But there might be one student category
that has a bit more anxiety and needs just a little more support that
would be the college freshman. The research design is Pre Experimental
research design,
(One group pre-test-post test design)Conceptual Framework
based on general system theory modified Ludwig
vonbertalanffy's. The study had been conducted in
Harivandana College, Rajkot. The samples were selected for
this study by adopting purposive non probability sampling
technique. The sample size was 40. As an intervention I
administered the Educational Stress Scale for adolescents
(ESSA) to measure the level of stress among college students.
After that introduced meditation technique 1 month daily 30
minutes in early morning for reducing stress. After 1 month
again check the level of stress with same scale. The collected
data were analyzed through descriptive statistics.
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of Meditation Techniques on Stress Reduction among College Student
Harivandana College at Rajkot. International journal of advances in
nursing management. 2017;5(1);73-76
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• https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?
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