MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
STRESS AND HEALTH
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an appraisal of a threatening event
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a threatening reaction to a stressful event
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an event that could be evaluated as threatening or challenging
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a process by which we perceive and respond to an event
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Detailed explanation-1: -A stressor is a chemical or biological agent, environmental condition, external stimulus or an event seen as causing stress to an organism. Psychologically speaking, a stressor can be events or environments that individuals might consider demanding, challenging, and/or threatening individual safety.
Detailed explanation-2: -A stressor is anything that causes the release of stress hormones. There are two broad categories of stressors: Physiological (or physical) stressors and Psychological Stressors.
Detailed explanation-3: -stress: process whereby an individual perceives and responds to events that one appraises as overwhelming or threatening to one’s well-being. stressors: environmental events that may be judged as threatening or demanding; stimuli that initiate the stress process.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stressful life events, or life event stressors, are undesirable, unscheduled, nonnormative, and/or uncontrollable discrete, observable events with a generally clear onset and offset that usually signify major life changes.
Detailed explanation-5: -Stress is a process whereby an individual perceives and responds to events appraised as overwhelming or threatening to one’s well-being.