Stress Management

Stress Management - "Stress management is a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies aimed at controlling a person's level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually for the purpose of and for the motive of improving everyday functioning."

• Big idea: describe the tool, concept, or theory and explain its purpose. The section should reflect the current state of the art on the topic

• Application: provide guidance on how to use the tool, concept, or theory and when it is applicable

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Areas:

• How to manage individual (your own) stress.

• Managing team members' stress.

• Internal causes of stress.

• External causes of stress.

Abstract

With no surprise, 94% of American workers reported experiencing work-related stress according to The American Institute of Stress. Stress can produce several physical and psychological symptoms for team members within a project's lifetime.

The purpose of this article is to describe the tools and concepts used to manage stress within a project team.