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At the heart of Selye’s work lies his definition of stress. He described stress as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.” This definition was revolutionary because it shifted the focus from specific stimuli to the body’s generalized response pattern.
Selye’s definition of stress is response-based in that it conceptualizes stress chiefly in terms of the body’s physiological reaction to any demand that is placed on it. Neither stimulus-based nor response-based definitions provide a complete definition of stress.
The technical definition of stress is the body’s nonspecific response to any demand – pleasant or unpleasant. People have very different ideas with respect to their definition of stress. Probably the most common is, “physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension.”
Hans Selye who wrote “Stress is the spice of life” is the founding father of the concept of general adaptation syndrome. His notoriety earned him the title of “Einstein of Medicine”.
Selye, H. (1973). The evolution of the stress concept. American Scientist, 61(6), 692–699. Abstract. Defines stress as the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it to adapt, whether that demand produces pain or pleasure. Complete freedom from stress is considered incompatible with the maintenance of life.
As TIME explained in a 1983 cover story, it used to be thought that “stress” was just a vague feeling, not a precise medical term. There was no firm definition or way of measuring it.
Eighty years later, stress is an integral part of our lives. Hans Selye who wrote “Stress is the spice of life” is the founding father of the concept of general adaptation syndrome. His notoriety earned him the title of “Einstein of Medicine”.
Definition of stress. Most of us will never encounter a mountain lion, but we have all experienced stressful situations or the feeling of being ‘stressed out’. ... Hans Selye—the founder of the field of stress research—defined stress from a physiological viewpoint as “the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it ...
Stress is defined as the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether positive or negative, made of it. The stressor or stress-producing factor leads to a condition of nonadjustment which must be corrected to reestablish normality.
In this chapter, we offer a brief portrayal of Hans Selye and an introduction to the groundbreaking early developments of stress research that he sparked, thereby strongly inspiring subsequent generations of researchers.