Psychological stress
Psychological stress (or, simply, stress; hereinafter, the Stress) is a feeling of strain and pressure. This feeling emerges as a response to one or more stressors or a lack of those. The reaction can possibly be pleasant, but the term, psychological stress, is usually used to describe unpleasant ones because constant and unpleasant reactions can cause serious health conditions. Some researches argue that human beings need some level of psychological stress in order to function normally.
Definitions
According to Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge (17th edition),
- Stress. An unpleasant psychological process that occurs in response to environmental pressures.
Related concepts
- Stress administration. Practice and a set of concepts, based on that practice, that define culture of coping or dealing effectively with psychological stress.
- Need. (1) Something that is wanted or required; (2) Circumstances in which something is necessary, or that require some course of action.
- Change risk. A risk, positive and/or negative, of some change.
