文档介绍：By Anne K. Soderman
Extension Specialist
Department of Family and Child Ecology, MSU
Table of Contents
Introduction: Work and Family Stress 3
The Nature of Stress 4
Defining Stress 4
Physical Reactions to Stress 4
Sources of Stress 4
Behavioral Reactions to Stress 6
Personality and Stress 6
The Importance of Controlling Stress 7
Compounding Stress-Work and Family 8
Stress is Also a Family Affair 8
Families and Work 9
Dragging Stress from One Life Arena to Another 10
Careers, Jobs, and Family Life: Role Changes and Stress 13
Pitfalls in Reallocating Family Responsibility 15
Group Role Play and Discussion 17
Keeping Stress Under Control 18
Recognizing When Stress is Out of Control 18
Controlling Individual Stress: Quick Tips 19
Practicing Healthy Stress Management 19
Time Management 19
Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Control 20
Getting Enough Rest 21
The Relaxation Response 22
Family Stress Levels 23
Controlling pounding Family Stress 23
I Want to Make a Change: Developing a Plan
to Deal with a Stressor 24
Individual and Family Support in the
Community and at Work 25
Summary 26
References and Further Resources 27
Introduction: Work and Family Stress
TODAY'S TREND toward greater family information about the nature of individual and family
involvement in the work force by both men and stress and ways in which it may pounded when
women has been panied by a visible increase in working outside the home demands considerable and
individual and family stress. We see signs of it in the constant changes within the family. Included is a
high divorce rates that continue to escalate, in those consideration of certain personality traits and
burned out on the job, in hostile and withdrawn behaviors that may actually increase tension in the
children who are products of inadequate child care, work and family settings.
and in poorly functioning individuals who have
obviously pushed themselves beyond reasonable Bec