ABSTRACT
This chapter offers a systematic review of Indian stress studies published in the last decade. Descriptive and thematic analyses were undertaken to examine 158 studies, and the findings have been presented in this chapter. Research highlights the acknowledgment and awareness of various individual and organizational stressors and its consequences in the Indian context and also identifies important literature trends like the popularity of cross-sectional studies and quantitative research approach, application of Western models and a tool for measuring stress, and a dearth of intervention studies. Gaps in the research were identified while comparing Indian studies with international literature. Future research in the areas emphasized in the discussion will expand understanding of stress as a phenomenon and its effects in different groups of the population and will also enable organizations to become proactive in stress identification, diagnosis, and intervention mechanisms to tackle it, especially in the Indian context.
