For this week’s assignment, I took the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory, Type A Personality (TABP), and Coping & Stress Management Skills tests. My Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory test score, 1,466, was surprisingly high, corresponding to an 80% chance of healthcare breakdown in the next two years. I did not anticipate that result because I believe I am stress-resilient and can always find a means to survive turbulent moments. On the TABP scale, I scored 61 on impatience/Irritability 61: It implies that I become irritable and impatient in everyday interactions with others. High TABP scores are associated with unhealthy relationships and health damages. For example, hostility and impatience relate to coronary heart disease; nonetheless, poor diet, lack of exercise, and smoking can also cause the disease.
Based on the Coping & Stress Management Skills Test results, 65, I use problem-focused strategies to cope with stressful situations. These methods are ineffective for challenges that I cannot control or change, but they are suitable for controllable stressors. However, I can rely on problem-focused strategies to cope with stressors that I can control or change.
Managers can use various tactics to help employees handle stress effectively. For example, they can encourage staff to attend stress-management seminars and meditation classes. They can give workers regular breaks and encourage them to visit friends, exercise regularly, listen to music, or pursue hobbies. According to Wilkie, the main stressors are low salaries, lack of opportunities for growth and development, unrealistic job expectations, long working hours, and heavy workloads. Ordinarily, managers can resolve all or any of these issues to reduce workplace stress.
Work Cited
Wilkie, Dana. “What Managers Can Do to Ease Workplace Stress.” SHRM, 6 July 2021, www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/employee-relations/pages/how-managers-can-help-stressed-workers-.aspx. Accessed 26 Nov. 2021.
