Stress and Coping Mechanisms: Manage your stress and live a happier life

By 50minutes

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about stress and coping mechanisms with this practical guide.

In a world that is increasingly full of stress and responsibility, it is important to find balance and ways of dealing with it. While stress is something that affects everyone at some point, it does not mean that our health and happiness should be put on the line for our professional achievement. This guide will tell you everything you need to know about coping strategies and how to implement them in your day-to-day lives and at times of stress.

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Identify which coping mechanisms are right for you
• Manage your stress by implementing these various coping strategies
• Avoid harmful habits and start living a happier life

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• Language: English
• Publisher: 50Minutes.com
• Release date: Apr 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9782806289162

Book preview

Issue: how can coping mechanisms help me to beat stress at work?

Uses: coping offers an innovative approach to stress which allows us to identify different kinds of effective responses against anxiety and therefore to regain control and be able to work more efficiently.

Professional context: work psychology, human resources, team management.

FAQs:

Where do I start in implementing a personal coping strategy?

What is the best way of overcoming stress?

How do I figure out the best coping style for me?

What harmful habits should I avoid?

Is it possible to live a stress-free life thanks to coping mechanisms?

It is no secret that there are many sources of stress at work. Employers or employees, executives or labourers, freelancers or permanent staff, everyone has their own set of worries: budget cuts, restructuring, fierce competition, but also presentations to manage, strict deadlines to meet, complex files to deal with, etc. There are hundreds of sources of anxiety that can harm your productivity. So what if coping mechanisms could help you to deal with them?

We owe the conception of coping mechanisms to the American psychologist Richard S. Lazarus (1922-2002). ‘Coping’ refers to the mechanisms and strategies we use to deal with stressful situations and control – or at least reduce – the effects they have on us.

According to this theory,