Stress and Workplace Stress

in Pandemic

El Estrés y El Estrés Laboral En

Pandemia

Betty Acosta

Instituto Superior Edwards Deming, Quito,

pandemic and in the post-pandemic world, most

scientific studies now add the pandemic label to

their analyzes, because the effect of this unusual

event definitely reached all spheres of life today.

Under this context, Psychology must update its

concepts within the impact of the pandemic on

people and Organizational Psychology will logically

be within this school. That is why a topic

continually addressed as stress deserves to be

updated because it is undoubtedly more present in

Psychological and social well-being.

La historia podrá dividirse en el mundo antes de la pandemia y en el mundo post

Organizacional lógicamente estará dentro de esta escuela. Es por eso que un tema

para finalmente acercarse a las estrategias que permitirán manejarlo y superarlo.

Palabras clave: Estrés laboral, bienestar psicológico, social.

Introduction

Nowadays the word stress is continuously repeated in everyday vocabulary, however,

not everyone knows its real meaning. Most people associate the word stress with illness

and although this connotation is not totally wrong, it is important to broaden this

concept and know that stress is also positive and gives the body the possibility to face

situations that endanger its existence. This article provides a brief theoretical

explanation of the meaning of stress, then applies it to the workplace and finally shares

had to make radical changes to try to survive, they even had to go against the nature

of the human being, they forgot their social essence and separated them to survive. It

was the first time that human beings united would disappear, since that March 11, only

separated could they stay alive.

There is probably no other phenomenon as determinant as Covid for mental health so

far in the 21st century. That is why several mental health studies have been conducted

supplies to treat patients and an indolent population that did not follow their

health problems they could suffer, such as insomnia, stress, anxiety, an example of

which can be read here:

In the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, health personnel may

experience mental health problems such as stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms,

insomnia, denial, anger and fear. A study in China found that the rate of anxiety among

health care personnel was 23.04%, higher in women than in men and higher among

nurses than among physicians. Likewise, in the general population of China, 53.8% of

moderate to severe psychological impact was observed; 16.5% of depressive

symptoms, 28.8% of anxious symptoms and 8.1% of stress, all between moderate and

Stress, as the subject that interests us now, has been considered by the WHO as a

forces among others and finally, once faced with the stimulus, return to a state of rest.

Thanks to this dynamic, homo sapiens has managed to remain above all living beings

Although it is true that stress has historically accompanied human beings and allowed

them to survive, today's world has changed, and it is no longer necessary for people to

people. Within this reality, stress has reached a pathological point because the person

possibility of contracting possible diseases.

There are several types of stress, we could talk about academic stress, identified in the

educational community, where teachers radically changed their teaching methodology

and students, as mentioned by Contreras Melgar (2016) and Fernandez (2015) point

to the overload of homework and evaluations as the main factors that worry them.

Another type of stress, widely studied is work stress, according to the World Health

Organization, work stress is identified as a group of emotional, psychological,

cognitive and behavioral reactions to professional demands that exceed the knowledge

and skills of the worker to perform optimally, WHO, 26 Aug.2020.

• Responses to work stress can be:

• Physical: insomnia, hypersensitivity, skin problems, headaches, headaches.

• Emotional: panic or anxiety attacks

• Cognitive: problems with memory, attention, concentration, etc.

When a worker perceives his work environment for a long time as harmful it causes

stress. Factors that can cause this reaction in the workplace are:

Excessive responsibility, an event in which the employee with little decision-making

power is responsible for part of the process but assumes the consequences of the entire

Unsatisfactory working conditions, considering issues such as insufficient or

inappropriate working tools for the task, the physical area where the activities are

achievements of their subordinates.

social problems are also considered here.

Undoubtedly, when the pandemic started in 2020 and the number of unexpected

deaths began to grow, people were forced to confine themselves. The human being, the

social animal of Aristotle, who states that "man by nature is destined to live in

community and live together with others", now, in the midst of the pandemic, avoids

human contact, works alone and the closest he can get to his co-worker is through a

screen. His social identity has changed, he no longer rejoices in the warmth of a human

group, be it university, work, prayer group, etc., now survival surpasses all human

needs and man achieves security in isolation.

however, after a year, the world has been transformed and now the fear of contagion,

contributes 100% to their company. The current labor reality is very different from the

reality before the pandemic. Not only do we have people with possible mental

disorders who no longer contribute in the same way to their company, but also more

than three million deaths by May 2021.

prevention, i.e., neutralizing its sources from the very experiences that can be

stressful stimuli that affect him/her.

At this point, the Hierarchy of Needs theory could be considered, where Maslow

explains the existence of needs organized from the most important ones. Considering

this theory can serve to establish in the human group, which requirements they

consider important at present, if these are attended by their bosses, they could

decrease the stressful effects in the human group.

Based on the neuroscientific approach to stress management I quote

The Hervat Neuroeducational Program, offered by Ortiz in the Summer Courses at the

University of Burgos. Doing neuroplasticity exercises with repetititvo, regular,

practicing good hydration and cerebral oxygenation with deep breathing; attractive

the caves behind and exchanges physical stressors for psychological stressors

that are stronger and do not give him peace. This stress has become the perpetual

companion of the human being, so it is not surprising to find it at work and

identify it as occupational stress.

when it is already present, to know that there are ways to overcome it. It is

order to avoid generalizations. Unfortunately in our society, stress is a current

issue; therefore, its continuous study will allow more people to find psychological

and social balance and control it.

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