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Assignment: Stress and Quality of Life

Assignment: Stress and Quality of Life

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Assignment: Stress and Quality of Life

Normative and non-normative events help us understand how change and stress may impact our quality of life. Using the South University Library, locate 2 scholarly journal articles written in the last 5-6 years on how change and/or stress can impact a person’s life. Look especially for how sudden, unanticipated (non-normative events) events can impact a person’s quality of life.

  • Write a summary.
  • Describe the main points of the article and how they relate to the week’s course and text readings.

Use the lessons and vocabulary found in the readings. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic and should be original and free from plagiarism. Follow APA guidelines for the writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

The result shows that the mean score for organisational related stress is the highest among all of the job stressors. It can be concluded that the employees, particularly who work in Meru, Klang, perceived that organisational related stress is the main factor which contributes to their quality of life(QoL).

Job stress is a serious threat to the working people’s quality of life (QoL). Stress at workplace gives a big impact on a person’s health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between job stress and the QoL of working people. A total of 400 validated sets of questionnaire were distributed to respondents in the selected areas of Meru, Klang and the acquired data were analysed using IBM SPSS 22.0. The findings revealed that there was a significant relationship between job stress and the quality of life among employees. The most influential factor on the QoL was job-related stress, followed by organisational, interpersonal, perceived stress and work environment related stress. The lack of reward and recognition was highly related to the causes of stress and influence the employees’ concentration and confidence. In conclusion, the measurement of stress in the QoL is important because it will also reflect on people’s life evaluation, expectancy and standard of living.

Keywords

Stress Stressor Job stress Quality of life 

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