Stress and Its Impact

Abstract

This discussion will attempt to show a positive correlation between stress and behaviour. Stress may well be of epidemic proportions in the 21st century, however, research conducted over the latter part of the 20th century indicates that at least the beginnings of a stress epidemic was evident in those later years.An accepted definition of stress is “any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s wellbeing and thereby tax one’s coping abilities”. (Weiten, Lloyd, Dunn & Hammer, 2009)’.