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What are the main types of stressors?

1) domestic
2) external
3) internal
4) environment
5) organisational
6) psychological
7) physiological
8) occupational
  • A
    1, 6, 7 and 8.
  • B
    1, 2, 3 and 8.
  • C
    1, 4, 5 and 8.
  • D
    1, 4, 6 and 7.

STRESS

Stress disturbs the body’s homeostasis and enables you to adapt to encountered situations. It is the body’s response to a stressor, which is an internal or external stimulus that is interpreted as a threat to the body’s equilibrium, and prepares it for action. Stressors can be subdivided into internal (subjective) and external (objective) stressors. Another possible classification of stressors distinguishes between different categories, all of which can be subjective or objective:

  • Environmental Stressors – environmental conditions, noise, vibrations, cosmic radiation, accelerations.
  • Physiological Stressors – fatigue, lack of physical fitness, improper eating habits, hunger, thirst, cold/too hot, humidity, dehydration.
  • Psychological/emotional stress – inter-personal conflicts, discrimination, fear of failure, death of a relative, divorce, financial problems, job insecurity.
  • Domestic stressors come in a wide variety and include: Social stressors (marriage, pregnancy or death), Economic stressors (bank loans, partner's loss of job, children's Christmas wishes, etc) and Environmental stressors (defective air conditioning or contruction sites close-by).
  • Occupational stressors, some major examples of occupational stressors include: strict policies and protocols implemented by the organization, restricted possibilities for professional and personal self-growth and conflicts among individuals in a department or between organizational groups.
Note: This question has been created based on incomplete feedback. The student has reported that in the official exam he/she was asked to pick 4 different stressors. The option which includes "environmental stressors" instead of "occupational" has been marked as incorrect in official exams.

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