Stress, Coping and Health

Stress, Coping and Health

Another fascinating topic in our Motivation class was in chapter seven in our text book. Here the author, Lambert Decker of Motivation Biological, Psychological, and Environmental, speaks on Stress, Coping and Health. Decker gave in depth details about the individuals motivation and behavior in dealing with these issues. Stress in our society today has become a prominent factor in many peoples lives. It is a serious condition with many devastating outcomes. There are a lot of citizens nowadays who are still not aware of how severe stress can be. At hand is a relative small notion that stress can have a little bit of a positive outcome when a person is under pressure. Stress can in some instances motivate you to do your best while other times causes you to do just the opposite.

There were three key terms that stood out the most, which are Strain, Coping, and Stress.
Decker, reports that strain occurs when resources are not adequate for a person to achieve positive events or to avoid or escape negative events. Some examples from the results of strain are losing a romantic relationship or failing to recover from an accident ( Decker 2010 pg154).

The next term is coping in which Decker refers to behavior that is motivated to meet life demands and their consequences. He goes on to say stress results when life demands strain coping resources either because the demand is too great or the resources are inadequate (Decker 2010, pg154).

The last term which is stress according to Decker, endangers a persons well-being and shows up as negative feelings, physiological arousal, psychological disorders, illness, or maladaptive behaviors. Deckers, examples are so common in our society today. He reports a person can feel depressed, have trouble sleeping, develop headaches, catch a cold, and drink too much alcohol to alleviate negative feelings and stress (Decker, 2010 pg 154).

Stress and how to cope with it before it ruins you health can be practiced on a daily basis. The first and foremost is laughing or smiling. Many psychologist today are telling there clients that laughing is good for stress. So, take a look at the video and laugh if your stressed.








Deckers, Lambert, (2010). Motivation Biological, Psychological, and Environmental,
Boston, Masschusettes.