Paper on Stress

Introduction:

Stress...

The subject that I am going to be focusing on is stress. I am choosing this topic because it is a subject that everyone is fully aware of and the residual consequences. It is something that everyone goes through in some stage of their life. Stress interests me because it is all around us and can be quite dangerous to our health and I would like to know more about it. As a student I of course suffer from stress from assignment deadlines to exams and I would like to know the sources and causes of stress.

As a student studying police and security I am going to be basing this assignment on security guards and the level of stress they can or do go through each day at work. Every job can be different in levels of stress and we all need to do our best in reducing them.

Stress can be an issue in any employment sector. Longer hours and new roles can strain the best of us, but when you introduce constantly changing technology and job insecurity as well, many people reach breaking point.

The most commonly reported causes of occupational stress:

• Inadequate time to complete the job properly

• No clear job description or chain of command

• No recognition or reward for doing well

• No way to voice complaints

• Too much responsibility with too little authority

• Un co-operative fellow workers

• Job insecurity

• Prejudice in the workplace

• Unpleasant or hazardous working conditions

• No opportunity to use personal talent and ability effectively

I believe everyone at least once goes through stress in their life and it affects people in very different ways and we must learn to deal with it in the best way possible and not let it get the better of us.

Some stress related health problems include:

• high blood pressure

• heart disease

• stroke

• cancer

• depression

• obesity

• diabetes

• abusive behaviour

• memory loss

Causes:

Excessively high workloads, with unrealistic