A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF STRESS MANAGEMENT- CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES, MODELS AND THEORIES

A great deal of research has been conducted in the last few decades to study and understand the dynamics of stress, its causes and its relationships with many other variables like performance and satisfaction et. This paper attempts to provide a conceptual framework of stress that includes major approaches and theories of stress that provide a basis for understanding stress from various perspectives. A compilation of inputs from various researchers regarding stress is also included and an attempt has been made to highlight prominent structural frameworks defined over the years and their usefulness for further empiricalresearch. The most importantresults and basisfor new research are discussed Key words: Cox's theory, GA