Lecture 6 stress and wellbeing at work

Question 1

work place stress is one if the biggest drivers towards what?

Answer 1

mental illness among young employed adults

Question 2

what are the three concpets of general adaptation syndrome?

Answer 2

alarm reaction

resistence

exhaustion

Question 3

what can small doses of stress achieve?

Answer 3

more focused

improved performance

Question 4

what are the key factors linked to employess stress and wellbeing?

Answer 4

individual differences

situational factors

Question 5

what are situational factors?

Answer 5

working conditions that have the potential to cause harm

Question 6

what are the interventions to tackle work stress and promote well being?

Answer 6

primary interventions

secondary interventions

tertiary interventions

Question 7

what is a primary intervention?

Answer 7

focuses on reducing sources of organisational stress

Question 8

what is a secondary intervention?

Answer 8

helping individuals learn to cope with any stressors that occur at work

Question 9

what are tertiary interventions?

Answer 9

helping someone that has already been damaged by their work