Review of Related Studies According to Webster, New World Dictionary, year 2002 edition, stress is a chemical, physical or emotional

aspect, such as trauma or fear, to which a person fails to make a suitable adaptation, and which occasionally causes tensions that may be a causative of an illness. According to the American Heritage Dictionary (2005) stress refers to A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression. Canadian physiologist, Hans Selye, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.(in Lazarus 2000), father of modern stress theory, defined stress as "the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it. He wrote a scientific paper regarding stress and showed that stress can be a good thing when it provides us with a challenge. Problems occur only when the challenges turn into excessive and the body is not able to deal with it. According to Davis et. Al. (2008), there are four sources of stress. These are your environment, social demands, physiological reaction and lastly, your thoughts. Davis et. Al. (2008) stated that stress results from any change you must adapt to, ranging from the negative extreme of actual physical danger or to the exhilaration of falling in love. Not all stress is bad. It is not just desirable, it is also important to life.

Wickens and Holland (2000) stated that stress is a set of psychological and physiological responses to internal and external stressors.

Classification of Stress Chronic Stress According to Earl (2006) chronic stress has a longer term background of demands caused by internal and external factors that primarily consist environmental, physical and personal issues. It is accumulated throughout time and are frequently mild in terms of stress level. Acute Stress According to Scott (2005) acute stress is experienced in reaction to an immediate apparent threat, emotional, physical or psychological. The threat can be actual or illusory. The perception of the threat itself triggers the response.

Review of Related Literature Hermoso et. Al. (2009) stated that stress is an inevitable consequence in a persons life and is considered healthy, but, if the stress experienced is longer than usual, it may produce detrimental effects to a persons physical as well as mental state. A research conducted by Hastie (2010) showed the top five common stressors among people. These are the food stress, financial stress, time, multi-tasking and disorganization. Sometimes, stressors are obvious and other times, they are less. People hold emotional weight in all different ways. Most of them have stress, anxiety, depression that holds them down. According on the University of Phoenix (2009), there are ten common stressors in everyday life. These are time, unhealthy lifestyle, taking on too much, conflicts in workplace or at home, inability to accept things as they are, missing the opportunity to take time and relax, serious illness or death in the family, neglecting to see the humor in situations, particular situations that cause stress and major life changes. Every individual has his or her own way of reacting and dealing with difficulties, disputes, deadlines and disruptions. Stress can be beneficial because it pushes you to do your best. In a study conducted by Prevention Magazine ( in Davidson 2009) the top ten stressors as reported by survey respondents, in order, included: Personal finances, career, too many responsibilities, marriage, health, children, loneliness, sex, relatives and neighbours. The first three are work-related but people spend more time worrying about them at home.