In this edition of the Stress Cops PodCast Radio Show we bring you a quantum-self stress research report about the relationship of stress, stress management, and two primary personality directly related to your ability to respond positively to stress and stress related events. Includes recommendations on how to refine your ability to handle the stress in your life.
A Quantum-Self Research Summary
Is it possible to be happy if your life is full of stress. And what is it that makes some people happy and stress free, in spite of the stress in their lives. One researcher has found that the personality trait most often associated with happiness in todays stress laden world is ones coping ability – not a lack of stress.
Psychologist first seriously began looking for the connection between stress and happiness in the 70s – at first focusing on age and socioeconomic status. But now attention has shifted to the role of personality traits such as positive and negative emotions as the primary determinant of happiness in the face of stress.
Researcher Kristina DeNeve, PhD of the University of Utah reviewed the research literature on the relation between happiness and 137 different personality traits. She identified two personality traits highly relevant to stress and one’s ability to cope and remain happy.
According to Dr DeNeves, the lower your negative response to stress, the more likely you will be able to be happy in the face of stress. She also found that a high coping ability, or the ability to respond positively to a source of stress, goes hand-in-hand with a lack of negative emotions in response to a stress event.
The researcher concludes that if you desire happiness, it can be achieved by having (or developing) the ability to cope positively with stress, and avoiding feelings of tension in response to the stress in your life.
Helpful Strategies from Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Perhaps Dr DeNeves advice could best be stated as: Avoid stress overload, and try to maintain a more positive outlook. Stress is a *response* to an event, not the event itself.
If you find stress coping difficult, you might want to do some mental re-programming to improve how your mind responds to stress. Chronic stress is a mental habit. And like any other habit, it will only go away if replaced with other behavior patterns.
Over thirty years of research have proven that brainwave training is the fastest instant stress reducer. Instant stress management is great. But a regime of alpha/theta (A-T) brainwave training has an even bigger payback -- it trains your brain to easily order your mind and body to relax on its own, and makes you far more creative.
The Research: Brown, Kirk, W., & Ryan, Richard, M. The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. J. Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 822-848.
The author, Stress Cop Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler, is a pioneer brain/mind researcher, doctor of psychology, author, life adventurer, and international executive advisor. You will find more of her stress management and stress reduction articles at Quantum-Self.com -- the Self Discovery Community, and in the Quantum Brain Gym -- the first online brain gym and brainwave training center.
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By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
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