The Palgrave Handbook of Occupational Stress

ISBN-13: 9783031273483 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine; James Erskine

Opis

This handbook brings together an international group of experts to offer a comprehensive resource on occupational stress. Including both theoretical and practical perspectives, it examines ways to reduce and treat stress, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and neural underpinnings of it. Through 24 original and carefully selected essays, the authors offer new insights, resources, and tools to better understand, manage and treat stress in a professional environment.The book’s chapters are divided into 5 parts that address the conceptualisation of stress; present theoretical models (including the contribution of animal models); examine the psychological and physiological aspects of stress and ways to assess it; delve into psychosocial risks at work and their assessment (means and methods); and investigate how to cope with stress at work, including resilience training. Aspects such as the effects of leadership, simulation training, and stress-tests for hiring are also presented and discussed. The volume ends by exploring broader considerations regarding stress and culture, stress and occupational sectors (with a chapter focusing on studentship), and the pharmacology of stress. This handbook is an essential reference for researchers in organisational psychology, as well as business and management and education, who are interested in stress. Healthcare workers and therapists who treat stress will also find an invaluable resource in this far-reaching yet accessible collection.

Spis treści

Table of content

Foreword

Authors’ bionotes

List of figures

Table of content

Part 1 - Stress description

Chapter I - Introduction

Chapter II - Conceptualization of Stress

1.Introduction

2.Selye and his concept – the beginning

3.Further developments – biological and psychological dimension

4.Occupational stress – modern understanding

5.From homeostasis to allostasis

6.Common effects of chronic psychosocial stress

7.Stress-vulnerability and the concept of epigenetics

8.Conclusion

References 

Chapter III - The Cycle of Stress

1.Introduction

2-Stress types / psychological dimension

3-The neurophysiological process / Physiological dimension

4- Influence of the psychological and physiological dimensions / behavioral dimension

5-Additional considerations: Genetics and Epigenetics

6-Conclusion

References 

Chapter IV - Animal models in neuroscience: A focus on stress

1.Introduction

2.  The stress response

3.  Stress alters anxiety, depression and cognitive function

4.  Neural effects of stress

5.  Ethical considerations

6.  Conclusions

References 

Part II - Stress assessment

Chapter V - Physiological assessment of the state of mental stress at work

1.Introduction

2.Heart rate variation

3.Heart-rate variability

4.Blood pressure

5.Respiratory frequency

6.Skin conductance or resistivity

6.Salivary alpha-amylase

7.Salivary cortisol

8.Cytokine

9.Ethics

10.Conclusions

References 

Chapter VI - Psychological assessment of the state of mental stress at work

1.Introduction

2-Validity of questionnaires for self-assessment of stress

3-Questionnaires for self-assessment of stress state

4-Overall limits of questionnaires

5-Deontology and Ethics

6-Conclusion

References 

Chapter VII - Stress Assessment in Daily Life Using the Experience Sampling Method

1.Introduction

2. Stress assessment using the experience sampling method

3. Summary and Conclusions

References 

Chapter VIII - Psychosocial risks at work: fundamentals and stakes

1.Introduction

2.Definitions

3.PSRs and stress

4.PSRs and stakes

5.Conclusions

References 

Chapter IX - Psychosocial risks at work: Outlines of the evaluation approach

1.Introduction

2.The analyst's posture

3. General Principles

4. Methodological conclusions

References 

Chapter X - Assessment of Psychosocial Risks: methods

1.Introduction

2. Proposal of applied methods

3.Impact of the PSR evaluation on the management

4.Feedback from interventions

5. Conclusions

References 

Chapter XI - Assessment of Psychosocial Risks: questionnaire review

1.Introduction

2.Questionnaires

3. Conclusions

References 

Chapter XII - Visualizing results of a Psychosocial Risks assessment through questionnaires

1.Introduction

2.Description of the case study

3.Categorisation of questionnaire items

4.Verification of categorisation consistency – adjustment

5.Visualisation of results

6.Comparative analysis of results over time

7.Conclusions

References 

Part III - Using stress at work

Chapter XIII - Leadership styles: work stress and related outcomes - health outcomes

1.Introduction

2.Positive leadership definitions

3. Redundancy in the concepts, conceptual overlap, and issues with the more recent positive forms of leadership

4.Review of the evidence base

5. Conclusion

References 

Chapter XIV- Leadership styles and related outcomes - practical suggestions

1.Introduction

2.Key advice for organisations

3. Key advice for leaders

4.Key advice for followers

5.Conclusion

References 

Chapter XV - Occupational training, competencies and stress

1.Introduction

2.The constraints of simulation

3.Generating acute stress

4.Difficulty in generating high-intensity acute stress conditions

5.Generating the behavior of the actual operational situation

6.Ethics – precautions

7.Conclusions

References 

Chapter XVI - Stress adjustment as a criterion for hiring in high-risk jobs

1. Stress and high-risk jobs

2.Stress adjustment as a criterion for hiring?

3.Stress’s adjustment assessment in the French Air Force (FAF)

4.Concluding remarks

References 

Part IV - Macro description of stress

Chapter XVII - Cross-cultural ideas on stress

1.Introduction

2.Culture and stress

3.Culture, work and stress

4.Culture, work and stress coping

5.Conclusions

References 

Chapter XVIII - Stress in different professional sectors

1.Introduction

2.Occupational stress in the world

3.Occupational stress with time

4.Conclusions

References 

Chapter XIX - The impact of stress among undergraduate students: supporting resilience and wellbeing early in career progression

1.Introduction

2.Prevalence of psychological distress among undergraduates

3.Student stress and burnout

4.What are the challenges to mental health faced by students?

5.Response to the changing needs of students from Higher Education

6.Student wellbeing, resources and resilience: Impact on future careers

7.Interventions to increase wellbeing, resilience and success

8.Conclusion

References 

Part V - Dealing with stress

Chapter XX - Stress Prevention Measures in the Workplace

1.Defining stress

2.Defining burnout

3.Why work is stressful?

4.Types of intervention

5.Why prevention?

6.Conclusions - What are the solutions?

References 

Chapter XXI - Stress management

1.Forms and intensity of stress 

2.From acute stress to crisis management

3.Stress management strategies

4.Conclusion

References 

Chapter XXII - Stress and resilience in the workplace

1.Introduction

2.Defining stress

3.What is resilience?

4. Employee Wellbeing / resilience interventions

5. Potential consequences of resilience training

6. Practical suggestions

7. Conclusion

References 

Chapter XXIII - Pharmacology for stress

1.Introduction

2. Psychotropic drugs

3.Therapeutic drug monitoring and Pharmacovigilance

4.Dependency

5.Rates of use

5.Conclusions

References 

Chapter XXIV – Conclusion

Index

O autorze

Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine is Technical and Scientific Director at Group INTRA robotics, France, and a member of the SEBE-Lab, Behavioural and Psychological Department of the London School of Economics & Political Science, UK. He has more than 20-year experience in work activity analysis and research applied to human performance within high-risk industries.

James Anthony Keith Erskine is Senior Lecturer at St George’s, University of London, UK, and a psychotherapist at the London Hertfordshire Therapy Centre, UK. He has authored numerous academic papers, and book chapters on different methods of coping and their effects. His current research and clinical interests focus on building resilience in individuals and companies. In 2022 Dr Erskine formed a company (Mettleflo Ltd) to further well-being in organisations by providing online training and applications to build resilience. 

Blurb

This handbook brings together an international group of experts to offer a comprehensive resource on occupational stress. Including both theoretical and practical perspectives, it examines ways to reduce and treat stress, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and neural underpinnings of it. Through 24 original and carefully selected essays, the authors offer new insights, resources, and tools to better understand, manage and treat stress in a professional environment.

The book’s chapters are divided into 5 parts that address the conceptualisation of stress; present theoretical models (including the contribution of animal models); examine the psychological and physiological aspects of stress and ways to assess it; delve into psychosocial risks at work and their assessment (means and methods); and investigate how to cope with stress at work, including resilience training. Aspects such as the effects of leadership, simulation training, and stress-tests for hiring are also presented and discussed. The volume ends by exploring broader considerations regarding stress and culture, stress and occupational sectors (with a chapter focusing on studentship), and the pharmacology of stress.

This handbook is an essential reference for researchers in organisational psychology, as well as business and management and education, who are interested in stress. Healthcare workers and therapists who treat stress will also find an invaluable resource in this far-reaching yet accessible collection.

Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine is Technical and Scientific Director at Group INTRA robotics, France, and a member of the SEBE-Lab, Behavioural and Psychological Department of the London School of Economics & Political Science, UK. He has more than 20-year experience in work activity analysis and research applied to human performance within high-risk industries.

James Anthony Keith Erskine is Senior Lecturer at St George’s, University of London, UK, and a psychotherapist at the London Hertfordshire Therapy Centre, UK. He has authored numerous academic papers, and book chapters on different methods of coping and their effects. His current research and clinical interests focus on building resilience in individuals and companies. In 2022 Dr Erskine formed a company (Mettleflo Ltd) to further well-being in organisations by providing online training and applications to build resilience.