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Stressed Out: How Stress Develops and How to Cope with it Cover

Stressed Out: How Stress Develops and How to Cope with it

Open Access
|Jul 2014

Abstract

Our experience of stress depends on how we evaluate the circumstances impacting our individual well-being. In principle, any event can be a stressor. Certain events can produce complex emotional states, such as a mixture of anger and worry. If such states are prolonged, they can lead to stress. Stress can be identified by means of such expressive components as facial expression and signs of stress in the voice. Indeed, the voice is particularly sensitive to stress and is frequently used to measure stress levels. Coping strategies differ from person to person and are not mutually exclusive. Often, people use multiple strategies at the same time. Not all of these strategies are good for individual well-being or favor a cooperation-based work culture. To avoid employee burnout, companies should keep an eye on the stress load of their employees and develop trainings to increase emotional competences and improve constructive stress management.

Language: English
Page range: 16 - 21
Published on: Jul 10, 2014
Published by: Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2014 Marcello Mortillaro, Klaus R. Scherer, published by Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.