CHAPTER EIGHT WORK STRESS‚ WORK SATISFACTION AND COPING AMONG LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS Chan Kwok-Bun The life insurance industry began in England as early as 1756‚ yet agents as an occupation to sell insurance directly to the public did not appear until 1840‚ and mostly in the United States (Kessler‚ 1985‚ p. 14; Leigh-Bennett‚ 1936‚ p. 59). The industry in the United States expanded considerably in the late nineteenth century due to rapid economic growth‚ urbanisation and popular education; one
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UNIT 8: COPING WITH STRESS IN CARE ENVIRONMENTS (LEVEL 3) 1 Recognise the symptoms and effects of stress Definition of stress Common physical symptoms of stress: Cardiac Neurological Respiratory Gastrointestinal Muscular Emotional Stress Emotional stress is generally the kind of stress people are talking about when they say that stress causes heart disease. Emotional stress‚ if it is severe enough or chronic enough‚ is bad for you. Recently‚ however‚ evidence has accumulated to be able to say
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Coping is a technique in which people use when dealing with stressful events. It is referred to anything that one might feel‚ think‚ and/or do in order to reduce stress. Because people cope differently‚ there are several different coping methods that people undergo based on what stressful event they have experienced. One particular coping method‚ meaning-focused coping‚ is ways that people find to accomplish the meaning of a stressful situation. When something tragic happens in one’s life‚ let’s
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Sciences 5 (2010) 1911–1917 WCPCG-2010 Sources of stress and coping styles among student-athletes in Jordan universities Abedalbasit Abedalhafiza * ‚ Ziad Altahaynehb‚ Mahmoud Al-Haliqc F F A‚ b‚ c Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences‚ Hashemite University‚ Zarqa‚ Jordan Received January 9‚ 2010; revised February 19‚ 2010; accepted March 4‚ 2010 Abstract This study explored the sources of stress and use of coping styles among Jordanian athletes. Fifty-six student-athletes
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Coping Strategies- Problem-focused Versus Emotion-focused Coping strategies refer to the specific efforts‚ both behavioral and psychological‚ that people employ to master‚ tolerate‚ reduce or minimize stressful events. There are two general coping strategies which have been distinguished. Problem-focused strategies are efforts to do something active to alleviate stressful circumstances‚ where as emotion-focused coping strategies involve efforts to regulate the emotional consequences of stressful
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(1995) Stress‚ Coping and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next?‚ Journal of Health and Social Behavior‚ vol. 35‚ pg. 53-79 This article depicts the stressors of social workers in their practice‚ how stress is handled and the process of gaining the support they need to adequately function and cope with the variety of stress they experience in the field. Ms. Thoits calls upon research to answer questions that have been‚ at that time‚ unanswered‚ such as “How the impact of stress affects
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relational stressors‚ is an essential issue in teens‚ and research has found positive coping skills can help these students through the difficulties of high school stress (Kadhiravan & Kumar‚ 2012). As discussed earlier‚ cyberbullying may have psychological impacts such as stress‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ anger‚ school failure‚ and even suicidality. At these students young age‚ positive coping skills may not be part of their inventory of skills‚ hence‚ there is a need to understand how these students currently
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DIFFERENCES IN COPING 174569 Abstract The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between personality and coping style. The study selected four predetermined groups of personality comprising of‚ high neuroticism group‚ low neuroticism group‚ high extraversion group‚ and low extraversion group from 386 undergraduate psychology students. Personality was assessed using the International Personality Item Pool (Goldberg‚ 1999). The study then measured which of two coping styles each personality
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to cope with PTSD. PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health problem anybody could get‚ depending on what happened to create the event‚ such as fighting in a war‚ or a natural disaster‚ like Hurricane Katrina. These events can induce extreme levels of stress when mentioned. Thousands of people in the United States alone have PTSD‚ and many do not know any positive ways to cope with their condition. People having problems coping with their traumatic event will use certain
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MEDICAL COLLEGES OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES Alimannao Hills‚ Peñablanca Cagayan A Research Study On TOP 5 MOST COMMONLY USED COPING MECHANISMS OF FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSING As A Requirement for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing Submitted to: Mrs. Rose Marie Cangas (INSTRUCTOR) Submitted by: ARELLANO‚ Jessalyn Alexis A. ASUNCION‚ Regine C. BARICAUA‚ Trifonia Carmen D. EUGENIO‚ Jerrymie L. EVANGELISTA‚ Zyrine L. FERNANDEZ‚ Geohanna- Marie T. FERNANDEZ
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