The Hidden Cost of Workplace Trauma | Human Nature At Work: Control – The less control a person feels they have over a stressful situation, the more traumatic it will be (Seligman,1972; Sauter et al,1989).Years of research has shown that when a person perceives they don’t have control over a stressful situation, the deleterious effects are much more extreme than those experienced by people who are subjected to the same stressor, but perceive they have control (Pennebaker, 1990; Dientsbier,1989).
Thus, it isn’t the direct effect of the stressor which is so psychological damaging, but the sense of having
Thus, it isn’t the direct effect of the stressor which is so psychological damaging, but the sense of having