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Secondary traumatic stress is the term commonly employed in academic literature, [2] although recent assessments have identified certain distinctions between compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress (STS). [3] Compassion fatigue is a form of traumatic stress resulting from repeated exposure to traumatized individuals [4] or aversive ...
Personal resources, such as status, social support, money, or shelter, may reduce or prevent an employee's emotional exhaustion. According to the Conservation of Resources theory (COR), people strive to obtain, retain and protect their personal resources, either instrumental (for example, money or shelter), social (such as social support or status), or psychological (for example, self-esteem ...
Information and education about how stress affects the body. Counseling and education on lifestyle and on methods to reduce daily stress. It can be done individually or in a group. Treatment with CBT. Conversation with a counsellor, psychologist or occupational therapist. Physiotherapy to work with the body in different ways.
An approach for stress relief commonly adopted by college students is engaging in gaming as a hobby. While some research suggests a negative relationship between video game usage and academic performance, several studies indicate a positive correlation between stress reduction and playing casual video games.
Stress is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on stress in terms of: the mechanisms of stressful stimulation, the physiological and behavioural responses to stress, and their regulation, in both the short and long term; adaptive mechanisms, and the pathological consequences of stress.
Hans Selye defined stress as “the nonspecific (that is, common) result of any demand upon the body, be the effect mental or somatic.” [5] This includes the medical definition of stress as a physical demand and the colloquial definition of stress as a psychological demand. A stressor is inherently neutral meaning that the same stressor can ...
The relationship between allostasis and allostatic load is the concept of anticipation. Anticipation can drive the output of mediators. Examples of mediators include hormones and cortisol. Excess amounts of such mediators will result in an increase in allostatic load, contributing to anxiety and anticipation. [18]
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing is a peer-reviewed nursing journal published by Slack. It was established in 1970 and publishes original articles for continuing education in nursing .