MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
STRESS AND HEALTH
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the experience of realistic anxiety
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the process by which we appraise and respond to threatening or challenging events
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an attempt to reach some important goal
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physical, emotional, or mental exhaustion
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Detailed explanation-1: -stress the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging. Thus, stress is the process of appraising an event as threatening or challenging, and responding to it (Lazarus, 1998).
Detailed explanation-2: -Stress can be defined as any type of change that causes physical, emotional or psychological strain. Stress is your body’s response to anything that requires attention or action.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term “stress”, as it is currently used was coined by Hans Selye in 1936, who defined it as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change”.
Detailed explanation-4: -A useful way to conceptualize stress is to view it as a process whereby individuals perceive and respond to events that they appraise as overwhelming or threatening to their well-being (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984).