...relationship between stress and road rage. Each researcher asked five people to complete the survey; in total we recruited 22. The participants were composed of family, friends, classmates, and coworkers. Participants received an invitation and an informed consent form in order to complete the survey through email or Facebook, which then directed them to a survey generator called Survey Monkey. We created 20 questions for our survey; ten questions were related to stress and the other ten were related to road rage. We used a Likert scale to create our survey. Our data shows that there is a statistical significance between the amounts of stress one experiences to the aggressive behaviors seen in road rage. Our study is important because it shows that people who have a high level of stress display risky driving, so people who see these behaviors in other drivers should be very careful in order to avoid any bad situation. Significance In The Amount Of Stress One Experiences & The Relation To Their Driving Introduction Many people experience different types of stress, and people may express their stress in different ways. Stress is caused by a number things that we deal with on a daily basis. We decided to research whether there was a significance in the amount of stress...
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... Eating behavior under stress Term paper for ‘Empirical Social Research’ Summer Semester 2012 Student Names: Lena Business Psychology Table of contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 How we conducted our task 1 2 Definitions 2 2.1 Stress 2 2.1.1 Positive stress 2 2.1.2 Negative stress 2 2.1.3 Origin of ravenous appetite under stress 2 3 Methodology 3 3.1 Survey research 3 3.2 Secondary data 3 4 Research Question and Hypotheses 4 5 Self-conducted survey 5 5.1 Survey 6 5.2 Outcome 6 5.3 Reliability, Validity and Causality 7 6 Secondary Survey 10 6.1 Survey 10 6.2 Outcome 11 6.3 Comparison between the two surveys 12 7 Conclusion 13 8 Bibliography 14 9 Appendix 16 10 Affidavit 1 Introduction ‘Stressed is Desserts spelled backward’ was already stated by Brian Luke Seaward (2001). This term paper discusses the issue of changing eating behavior in stressful times as in the students’ case: exam periods. Exam periods mean for most of the students a high level of stress due to lack of time for studying...
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...Quantitative Research Plan Affordable Health Care: Is It Causing Stress with Hospital Administrators Derrick Mike Walden University Research Theory January 23, 2015 This abbreviated quantitative research plan includes an introduction, a purpose statement, viable research questions, a hypotheses and a research plan. This quantitative study focuses on whether and to what extent did the Affordable Care Act create more stress for hospital administrators. Introduction Stress has become pervasive in the lives of many individuals, and stress has been found to cause adverse actions in the physical, emotional or psychological aspects of a person’s life (Scott, 2015). Also stress has been found to profoundly affect mental health, physical well-being, productivity, performance, and decision making as well as exerts a tremendous burden on biological systems (Hildebrandt, Yehuda, & Olff, 2012). This study focuses on whether and to what extent did the Affordable Care Act created more stress for hospital administrators. To adequately determine the effects of the stressful factors, it is important to understand the experiences of these individuals in stressful situations. A formal survey design will be chosen to obtain a cross-section of the personal experiences of hospital administrators from varying types of hospitals, such as rural and/or metropolitan cities who are in possible stressful situations and whether and to what extent they were affected in more stressful manners as...
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...Applied Research Experiment: Organizational Behavior The Effects of Stress and Job Performance on Organizational Structure By: Andrew F Abstract This applied research experiment is going to test how the effects of stress relates to job performance among different job positions and how it can ultimately affect a company’s organizational culture. It involves conducting a field survey with 10 to 15 questions which will help gather information to help prove or disprove the theory. The survey questions will involve different aspects of stress in the work place and how it can lead to poor job performance and negative organizational structure. Introduction The theory on how stress and job performance will affect a company’s organizational structure is that both stress and job performances are correlating variables which can affect each other. The higher volume of stress with in a position, the more it will affect a person’s job performance negatively. This will in turn affect the company’s organizational structure. Organizational structure is defined as: “The division of labor as well as the patterns of coordination, communication, workflow and formal power that direct organizational activities” (McShane/Von Glinow 386). It is believed that there are many different factors that cause stress for each job position whether it is a managerial position or just a regular employee. Stress is defined as: “An adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or...
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...effect of stress on the human resting heart rate By Kathryn Hesser, Westwood High School, Junior Introduction This experiment aims to analyze the factors that may affect the resting heart rate. The resting heart is the beats per minute of the heart when a person is calm and at rest. One factor that may affect the resting heart rate is stress. Stress can be broadly defined by the strain felt by a person mentally, physically, and/or emotionally. In 1967, scientists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe studied the effects of stress on over 5,000 people through a survey that asked the subjects whether or not the subject experienced 47 life events. Each event had a certain “point value” corresponding to how much stress the event caused. The tally of the point value for one subject is the subject’s stress level. The higher the stress level, the more “stressed out” the subject was. An adaptation of the Holmes-Rahe survey was forged for high-school and college students and is used by institutions such as Baylor University and Hillsborough Community College. This adaptation is used as the Stress Level Survey in this experiment. The correlation, between stress level and resting heart rate, is what this experiment aims to determine. Hypothesis There will be a strong correlation between stress level and the resting heart rate. As stress level increases, the resting heart rate will increase as well. The null hypothesis is there will not be a strong correlation either way between stress level...
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...Sociology - SST2 Introduction Does working overtime increase stress with people? With the ever evolving workforce our economy is shifting from a service/entertainment economy to a product economy. Employers are still looking for ways to get more profit with less people. The typical solution to that is to require overtime of their employees. This topic is significant to the social sciences because evaluates how a stressor, such as working overtime can impact a person’s daily social and family life. As our world is becoming more socially knit people are placing intrinsic value on domestic values such as friendship and family. Employers though are now requiring mandatory overtime as a condition of employment. Consequently, this experiment is being proposed to acquire whether the rise in time at work is affecting the stress level of people thus causing a decline in mental health? Research Analysis Who will the demographic be for the experiment? The demographic will include both genders age group of 22 – 40, who are married or at least have a child. This demographic was chosen because the experiment is targeted to explore whether the overtime is resulting in chronic stress and thus it is required to include both genders. The age group was designed to be broad to eliminate radical variables from invalidating the experiment such as adolescence and physical causes such as menopause from flawing the results. Also this age group represents the statistical age group of people employed...
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...was managing stress and the work-life balance. I chose this topic after doing the wheel of life project in class. When I did that activity I was amazed to see how far off my work-life balance was. From what my ideal wheel of life looked like compared to my actual wheel of life they were way opposite from each other. There were some other students around me that had similar appearances but not quite as drastic as mine was. So after that activity I decided that I would look into other’s work-life balance and how they manage stress. To narrow my results I chose to look at others in the same profession that I am in, nursing. To research this topic I talked or interviewed other nurses including co-workers and other classmates, I handed out a brief five question survey and a wheel of life activity for them to fill out and return to me and I also used the text for ways to improve work-life balance and reduce stress. So after a staff meeting I handed out several surveys and spoke with about 8 co-workers. I received 24 surveys back and only about 7 wheel of life activities. The things that I spoke with the other nurses about were things such as; what causes stress, what relives their stress, how stress effects their lives, what could their employer do to lower stress, and does the employer offer them assistance already in creating a more balance in their work and life. The survey that was handed out had 5 questions on it and I received 24 back. The following 5 questions were what were...
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...(RSCH - 8100Y - 2) Dr. Medha Talpade April 27, 2014 Introduction Stress is any physical or natural force that if not controlled, can bring severe mental distress to an individual. Stress can be a natural part of life that allows the individual to learn and mature. If stress is left unattended, major problems will occur. If a stress is ignored, an individual will lose their ability to function. If the response to stress is deficient or if the stress itself is overwhelming, sickness or death will occur (Stress. 2014). The purpose of this study is to determine how well an individual can manage stress and to what extent coping skills control stress. Stress has become a way of life. Stress and its deleterious effects have become widespread. Coping measures are exceedingly important in managing the effects of severe stress. This study will be able to substantially supplement past studies and add additional data to the stockpile of medical knowledge. The object of this study will be to discover at what point do personal coping skills lose their effectiveness and the impact of injurious stress threaten a person’s well being (Marnocha, 2003). Purpose Statement The purpose of this quantitative study is to determine the degree to which individuals have to undergo stress before coping skills break down and the barriers to injurious stress that threatens a person’s well-being. The ability to manage stress has been studied and researched by a number of prominent researchers. These...
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...report and data analysis of the Quality of Working Life survey carried out June to July 2007 for: Type of Analysis University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester Essex CO24 3SQ UK STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Prepared by Portsmouth Applied Psychology Unit Department of Psychology King Henry 1st Street Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, UK www.qowl.co.uk QoWL PO Box 778 Portsmouth P01 9DQ United Kingdom September, 2007 Essex QoWL - UNIV Report dvl1 se ab se dvl4 final3 oct 1st Dr Darren Van Laar Director Executive Summary University of Essex Quality of Working Life survey (June to July, 2007) What is Quality of Working Life? QoWL Ltd PO Box 778 Portsmouth P01 9DQ United Kingdom T: +44 (0)8454 75 76 95 Quality of Working Life (QoWL) is a measure of how good your work is for you. Quality of Working Life is more than just job satisfaction or work happiness, but the widest context in which an employee would evaluate their job. The QoWL Survey and Data Set The QoWL survey tool encompasses three important questionnaires: 1. The QoWL Core Scale, which looks at the six core factors associated with Quality of Working Life, such as job satisfaction, work-life balance, and working conditions. 2. The QoWL Workplace Outcome Scale, which provides data related to a variety of specific outcomes related to Quality of Working Life such as intention to stay, perceived productivity, and pride in the organisation. 3. The HSE Work-Related Stress Scale, which provides feedback on the stressor categories...
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...Stress Management and Academic Performance Kebeh Beyan Walden University Introduction Stress has become universal in the lives of several individuals, and stress has been found to deeply affect creatively, performance, mental health, physical welfare, and even the decision making as well as affect biological systems of individuals (Yehuda & Olff, 2012). Research shows that burnout especially emotional fatigue and resilience were significant forecasters of academic performance. The authors also mentioned that students who were emotionally and cognitively involved in their studies seem to perform better than students who reported being emotionally more exhausted (Kotze & Kleynhans, 2013). This study will focus on whether and to what extent social supports, cognitive assessments, and coping skills affects the management of stress and academic performance of college students. In other to determine the effects of the above issues, the involvements of the students in stressful circumstances must be understood. For this study a survey design will be use to get a cross-section of the particular involvements of all students in stressful situations and to find out to what degree their stress management skills is affected by coping skills, cognitive assessments, and social supports. Samples from the college individuals will provide precise and particular experiences of this population and it will show how their use of coping skills, cognitive assessments and social supports...
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...Under Pressure Implications of Work-Life Balance and Job Stress Human Solutions™ Report | 2006–07 Fall 2006 Dear Valued Customer: Welcome to the first Human Solutions™ Report: Under Pressure. Implications of Work-Life Balance and Job Stress. The report was written by Graham Lowe, PhD, a thought leader in the arena of workplace health and productivity. This is the first of a series of empirical reports that we will publish for you on an annual basis, each on a relevant and timely topic or theme. The Human Solutions™ Report stems from our pledge to bring you relevant and practical recommendations concerning your most significant human capital-related issues. And it reflects our attempt to counter the wealth of unsubstantiated and potentially misleading information about workforce issues circulating in the general media and other sources. In this Human Solutions™ Report , we analyze two comprehensive Canadian workforce surveys using key questions pertaining to work-life balance and job stress. We recognize that quality of work-life is a pressing business issue for you and a necessary ingredient for a successful business strategy. Yet to craft effective solutions to work-life issues, it is paramount that you have solid evidence on the scope and nature of the problems that are faced. This is what the Report endeavours to provide. As a customer whose opinions are important to us, we welcome your feedback. As well, we look forward to hearing about topics and issues you would...
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...How Do Students Cope with Stress: Stress Factors, Source of Stress, and Effects of Stress Introduction The issues pertaining to a student's stress status is extremely important due to the devastating consequences it may have. Students who experience a high level of stress may experience drug or alcohol abuse, perform poorly in school, or suffer from depression. It is important to address the issues of depression as it is a mental illness that can be both financially costly and harmful to the sufferer's personal health. Depression often leads to increased work absenteeism, temporary disability, and overall decreased productivity. It can also have harmful effects on the course and outcome of common chronic conditions, such as asthma, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, and obesity. According to the National Institution of Mental Health, depression can also be a major risk factor for suicide. (NIMH 2007) Therefore, it is crucial to analyze the consequences that depression may have on a student, as it may not only affects a student's current health condition, but may also result in a student having suicidal thoughts. According to the CDC 2009 report on the twenty leading causes of death among those of age 10 or above, suicide is ranked as the tenth leading cause of death in the Unites States, accounting for 36,891 deaths (CDC 2009). In a more narrow and specific research, the National Institution of Mental Health reported that suicide was the third leading...
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... Topic avoidance, everyday talk, and stress in romantic military and non-military couples. Communication Studies, 62, 241-257. Birmingham, Booth-Butterfield, Byrnes, Frisby and Mansson, (2011) focused on everyday talk, topic avoidance and stress of those romantically involved in military relationship and those involved in non-military relationships. The first key opponent is topic avoidance along with the hypothesis; Military couples will engage in more topic avoidance than non-military couples (Birmingham, Booth-Butterfield, Byrnes, Frisby and Mansson, 2011). In an outside study, researchers Merolla and Steinberg conducted interviews with military partners who tend to disclosed information in regards to pre-deployment to avoid talking about the negative issues and distractions that occur when communicating with their partners. Researchers found that wives withhold information from their military partners to protectively buffer them from stressors that may add to the occupational stress the military partners already experienced. Topic avoidance is often commonly seen in any romantic relationship, but research shows it’s mostly common in those who are involved in a romantic military relationships (Birmingham, Booth-Butterfield, Byrnes, Frisby and Mansson, 2011). The second opponent is everyday talk, which consists of regular conversations between partners, such as making plans, gossiping, and complaining. The main research question is; do military and non-military couples...
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...get by with good grades, even with acknowledgement of the dangers of using. However, the use of prescription stimulants among future graduated students is at risk. Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………... 2 Chapter 1 ……………………………………………………………………………..….. 4 Purpose of the Study ……………………………………..……………… 4 Statement …………………………………………………..……………. 4 Research Questions …………………………………………..…………. 5 Significance of the Study ……………………………………..………… 5 Delimitation ……………………………………………..……………… 5 Definition of Terms …………………………………………..………… 6 Chapter 2 Literature Review…………………………………………………………….. 7 Chapter 3 Research Methods …………………………………………………………… 18 References ………………………………………………………….…………………… 22 Appendix A ……………………………………………………………………………… 23 Dean’s List and More Nature of Study If you are a full time student with heavy load of courses while working to support your lifestyle, then you will be worrying where you can find the time. Undergraduate college students do stress out daily worrying about grades, studying all night, and working. Many cannot handle the stress and rely on drugs such as prescription medications to be alert and to accomplish their goals of good grades and staying up late studying. Some students believe they will not be harmed by taking Adderall or Ritalin since they are prescribed by doctors and are FDA approved. I am studying...
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...Stress amongst College Athletes & Non-Athletes Jeff Bennett University of Mount Union Abstract Athletic participation and academic stress has been a challenging topic and one that has made many question about. With all the extracurricular activities that students have, they don’t realize that their stress could be affecting them more than they may know. This study examines the stress level results amongst 10 college student athletes and 10 non-athletes. The results present a rare finding regarding stress amongst the students. Stress has become an on-going issue that has affected the college satisfaction of a student. Many people don’t realize that they have stress and it’s affecting them in some sort of way or some may know they have stress but don’t want to take any type of action towards getting help. Possible explanations for the findings and implications for stress amongst athletes and non-athletes of the University of Mount Union are provided. Introduction Stress has been a rising issue concerning not only college students but also college athletes. With all the extracurricular activities the students take on in college along with the academic part of it have led to very high stress level. Controlling time and having an organized schedule is the main fix to this problem. Whether you’re a college athlete or just a normal college student, everyone has stress or has experienced stress. The purpose of this study was to figure out whether or not there is a significant...
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