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The Sociological Study of Stress: An Analysis and Critique of the Stress Process Model

Au, Anson

Semmelweis Egyetem

2017-06-12

HM Sociology / társadalomkutatás

HM4 Social processes / társadalmi folyamatok

HM5 Social psychology / szociálpszichológia

The stress process model in the sociological study of stress has changed over the thirty years of its
use, developed continually to reflect changes in society and to include intellectual refinement. This
paper represents a review that aims to do the same, filling the gaps in the original model with the
inclusion of major developments in its structure and new social dimensions. An examination of the
model’s key components reveals: its causes and manifestations, the intervention of resources that
moderate its effects, and its consequences on an individual in terms of mental health and social
adversities. In visitation of the dynamics of the stress process, I present a critical analysis that
involves an investigation of the findings of research literature while considering recent trends,
including the decline of the nuclear family and the influence of non-Western cultures among immigrants
and minority groups. Thus, asserted on the case that the considerations undertaken by litera -
ture are again at a point requiring intellectual reform, this critique endeavours to articulate an
updated, foundational version of the original model and to offer appraisals that could lend themselves
as points for further development and study.

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http://real.mtak.hu/55181/1/ejmh_2017_1_au_53_72.pdf

Au, Anson (2017) The Sociological Study of Stress: An Analysis and Critique of the Stress Process Model. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH, 1 (12). pp. 53-72. ISSN 1788-4934

http://real.mtak.hu/55181/

https://doi.org/10.5708/EJMH.12.2017.1.4