A Review of Existing Psychological Stress Models and Suggested New Approach

Abstract: Many of the major theoretical models (ex; JDCS, JDR and ERI) that depict the stress process are described. It is proposed that while existing stress models (ex; JDCS, JDR and ERI) present fruitful frameworks for stress research, many existing models suffer from being either too narrow in scope and lacking a role for individual differences. A new approach that combines many of the features of existing stress models (ex; JDCS, JDR and ERI) is proposed, which includes strong roles for psychosocial stressors, individual differences, and subjective perceptions. Researcher combines many of the features of existing stress models (ex; JDCS, JDR and ERI) and proposed a new model that is matched with the existing COPSOQ-II structure (Kristensen et al., 2010). This acknowledges the important role played by psychosocial workplace stressors in the stress process, and tries to account for the role of important individual difference factors in the development of subjective experiences of stress and in influencing the possible health-related outcomes that result from subjective stressful perceptions. This framework aims to represent key aspects of the stress process.