Stress presentation university of sri jayewardenepura.

2. Outlines
Define stress
Types of stress
Stress warning signs
Stress is not
Conclusion

3. What is stress?
“An adaptive response, mediated by
individual differences and / or
psychological processes, that is a
consequence of any external
(environmental) action, situation, or event
that places excessive psychological
and/or physical demands on a person”
Ivancevich and Matteson (cited in luthans, 2002,p.396)

4. What is job stress?
 “A condition arise from the
interaction of people and their job
and characterized by changes within
people that force them to deviate
from their normal routine “
beehr and newman’s (in Luthans,2002,p.396)

5. Type of Stress

6. Stress warning
signs

7. Emotional Symptoms
 Moodiness
 Irritability or short temper
 inability to relax Feeling

8. Cognitive Symptoms
 Memory problems
 Seeing only the negative
 Constant worrying

9. Physical Symptoms
 Aches and pains
 Chest pain, rapid heartbeat

10. Behavioural Symptoms
 Eating more or less
 Sleeping too much or too little
 Drug addiction

11. Stress is not

12. Luthans(2002)

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