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The Transactional Model of Stress

Some Implications for Stress Management Programs

Massey University

This research explores the application of the transactional model of stress to a work setting and considers the results within the context of new directions for stress management programs. Two issues are important. The first is that a transactional approach offers a very different perspective on work stress from traditional approaches. The second is that debate about the transactional model is more to do with how best it should be applied to a work setting than about the model itself. Measures of the individual processes (primary and secondary appraisal) at the core of the transactional model are discussed and the results of using such instruments are considered in terms of their explan atory potential. The implications of such findings raise a number of issues for stress management programs. These include the need to pay particular atten tion to the meaning individuals give to events, to provide adequate coping resources and to take into account issues such as power and control.

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 35, No. 2, 41-51 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/103841119703500205


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