Background & Aims: Motherhood has been taken into account as an enjoyable and evolutionary event in women’s life, however, because of physical and mental changes; it can cause some degrees of stress and anxiety. The present study aimed to examine the effects of cognitive-behavior stress management (CBSM) training on the levels of anxiety and depression during the pregnancy. Methods: This was a ...

This article provides a theoretical overview of stress and coping in the corporate environment. The article commences with a brief overview of the historical development of the stress concept, followed by a brief discussion of the concept of coping with stress. Subsequently, various factors that contribute to stress in the work-place are considered. This is followed by a discussion of stress th...

The present study examined effects of a 3-h stress management program for Japanese hospital staffs that included relaxation and assertion training. Twenty-seven hospital staffs (mean age: 29.4 yr) in a stress management group and 28 hospital staffs (mean age: 29.5 yr) in a wait-list group answered evaluation surveys at both pre- and post-intervention. Self-administered questionnaires including ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between stress and coping. METHODS Short- and long-term approaches to behavioral change were evaluated in 3 groups (short-term, long-term, control). RESULTS Subjects participating in a 6-week stress management program designed to develop stress management skills reported temporary decreases in burnout, while subjects receiving additional "refresher" ses...

THISARTICLE PROVIDES INFORMATION on organizational approaches to managing stress in the library workplace; defines stress as a person’s psychological and physiological response to the perception of a demand or challenge; develops the concepts of stressors and coping strategies; and emphasizes the importance of library personnel officers, administrators, and managers knowing the dynamics of stre...

the present research was done to examine the efficacy of psychosocial skills training on psychological and job stress management of bus drivers. accessible sampling method was utilized and the sample consisted of 157 bus drivers in the city of tehran. the research method is quasi- experimental with pretest-posttest. job stress inventory and stress response inventory were administered before and...

This study highlights the coping strategies used by informal caregivers whose husbands live with cancer. It also aims at measuring the efficiency of the selected strategies. The convenience sample was composed of 30 informal caregivers. The results indicate that informal caregivers primarily use support, optimism, independence, and facing of the situation. In general, the categories of coping s...