Initiated Stress: A Case Study

The motivation to work out and the feeling they get when they work out shows their dedication towards something they feel passionate about. While working out, running or just training for something that you love brings back your childhood memories from when you began to fall in love with the activities you are passionated for

In addition, both have agreed that physical exercise, specifically going to the gym to exercise, is the coping style they wanted to use in order to reduce stress and to have a healthier lifestyle. Daily stress is difficult to avoid, but learning and applying coping skill mechanism in life is helpful in stress

First, both intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors are pivotal to achieving optimal performance (i.e. athletic performance) as being self-motivated and self-driven is highly associated with high intrinsic motivation and high achievement. Second, there are psychological outcomes, such as feelings of guilt, pleasure, success, or failure, as well as stress, which can result from one’s motivational orientation. Third, it can be argued that one’s perceived locus of causality is influenced by both internal factors (i.e., personality) and external factors (i.e., social, contextual), which affects one’s performance motivation.

Several studies has provided evidence to support the fact that stress do have health consequences and may affect the immune system, cardiovascular and central nervous systems (Anderson, 1998; Rozanski et al., 2005), however, these studies may only show the association between stress and physical illness but do not really prove the direct causal role of stress on physical health (Steptoe & Ayers, 2005). Similarly, Jones & Bright (2001) argue that although there is evidence from research which purports the contributions of stress to health, these statements are inconclusive as the extent and nature of the relationship between stress and physical health is uncertain. To this end, a critical evaluation of the impact of stress on physical health is vital in understanding the complex relationship between stress and physical health as well as effective ways of preventing or reducing the debilitating symptoms of patients. The aim of this essay is to evaluate the concept of stress, the physiological changes associated with stress, the stress-health models and the potential pathways that links stress to physical health using theoretical and empirical evidence

Based on the five theories of behavioural change that we covered in class, social cognitive theory, self determination theory, theory of planned behaviour, health action process approach and trans-theoretical model, I think the theory that applies best to myself is the self determination theory. This theory is characterized as having a relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and the basic human need for autonomy. This determines how self-motivated and self-determined the client is, as well as where their motivation comes from; whether this be extrinsically or intrinsically. Typically, people who associate themselves with self determination theory (SDT) are those who thrive on intrinsic rewards and whom enjoy the exercise they are doing. For example, I think I fit best with SDT because I love the exercise I do.

Firstly, let me define what is stress and the types of stress. Stress is “a disruption in one’s psychobiological balance and sense of harmony within oneself and/or with the social and physical environments.” (Edlin and Golanty, 2010, P46) Stress could also be defined as a state of mental or emotional strain resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. There are three types of stress which is Distress, Eustress and Neustress. Distress is a negative form of stress which occurs in reaction to something we perceive as bad.

Workplace stress and mental health are two commonly related issues. The definition of this topic is, according to (Buckley, 2016) as a harmful reaction that people have to undue pressures and demands placed on them at work. Stress in the workplace is quite common nowadays due to the loads that employer put on their worker, when the world is changing globally and competitions are getting bigger, employers usually first will force their workers to put in more effort in their jobs than rather to bring in more employees. Besides excessive workloads, the working environment can also results in workplace stress. For example bullying, sexual harassment, bad communication between staff and a lot more that can induce stress to the workers.

) There are many different kinds of support given to workers in order to help them deal with stress. Here we will be looking at types of stress support given to employees as well as their stressors, by giving examples of these derived from the case study. Types of support given can include psychological support, cognitive support, employee assistance programs and physical support (Lehrer et al, 1994). Types of stressors that employees face are work overload, work-life balance, emotional and physical labor, job ambiguity and job demands (Danna & Griffin, 1999). Under psychological support there are various mediation and relaxation techniques that are used in order to help support employees suffering from stress.

As employees experience stress-related problems, organizations often become interested in finding ways to manage the stress more effectively. Discuss work role stressors, including job ambiguity, role conflict, lack of control, physical work conditions, interpersonal stress, and organizational change. Job Ambiguity (role ambiguity) occurs when an individual employee is uncertain about his or her job responsibilities or performance. Role conflict occurs when an individual feel that her job responsibilities is conflicting with her other roles. For example, a mother who works full time is conflicting with her role as a mother.

Mental health strain in the workplace is becoming increasingly prevalent and worrisome. Emergency workers and first responders are exposed to a great deal of stressful environments and they can be affected just as much as everyone else. There are many forms of emotional stress that affect ones mental health. They are discernible by their mode of formation. Some of the more common types seen in first responders are acute stress, compassion fatigue, cumulative stress, post traumatic stress disorder and vicarious trauma.

It was a dark, quiet, June night and Mike, 15 years old, was walking tiredly home from a party at his friend’s house. It was around 12 in the morning and he had a long day. From school to soccer practice, to a party, he felt like his eyes were about to close shut. His house was only two blocks away, but his mind was somewhere far beyond that. Mike looked out into the empty street and started to cross towards the other side.

No matter what kind of job you have, whether you are a regular employee at an office, a service crew from a fast food chain, or a prime minister of a country, it doesn’t really matter. Stress will always come and find you no matter what you do, it is simply part of everyone’s job. No work is easy, otherwise it wouldn’t be known as work, even if a person loves his or her job so much, there will always be times that things could get overwhelming that it would totally stress them out, so here are a couple of tips and tricks when it comes to eliminating stress at your workplace. “Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they do not in themselves

Exercise therapy is the hallmark to physiotherapy treatment programmes and is the key element in ensuring a high standard of efficiency and outcome quality of patient care. It is the most used form of physiotherapy. The purpose of home exercise is to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability. (ISCP, 2015). Physiotherapy programmes are needed in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by the process of ageing or that of injury or disease.

The concept of motivation for exercise has had researchers often question on what motives prompt people to want to follow a workout regimen. In recent years, there has been increasing number of research conducted on exercise motivation, but researchers have not been able to figure out why people specifically engage in exercise (Vlachopoulos & Karageorghis, 2005). From past research, motives for working out ranged from being external causes or internal causes or both. For example, research conducted by Vlachopoulos and Karageorghis (2005) studied how external and internal motivation interplayed together with people's level of enjoyment after taking a workout class. The study concluded that that external motivation and its subtypes (introjected

Everyone goes through stress, but they shouldn't let stress get to them. I have faced adversity many times but I've deal with it very well. I become stressed because I feel like there are people who depend on me getting good grade which make thing more stressful. Sometimes I am glad that there are people around me that depend on my future. I know for sure that if I didn't have these people in my life I wouldn't care about anything in life.