PSY 492D Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Stress Management
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Define intervention and differentiate between primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions. Know the general status of the empirical research literature about the effectiveness of individual and organizational intervention. Identify the key steps for developing an organizational intervention. Apply psychological research skills to design and conduct an appropriate intervention. Describe future research needs regarding the use of interventions in ohp. Planned, behavioral, theory-based actions to remove or modify the causes of jobs stress (stressors) at work and aim to improve the health and well-being of participants. Reduce or eliminate sources of work stress (stressors) First we need to figure out what the problem is. Leaders have a responsibility for individual and organizational health. Each individual reacts uniquely to stressors/the stress process. Targeted at the stressor to reduce or eliminate the stressor. Modify or eliminate stressors that lead to strain in the first place. Should be informed by systematic, sound diagnosis of stressors.
