ABSTRACT
What is stress? If you asked 100 people, you would probably receive 100 different definitions. There is no specific definition that has been universally accepted as the final view of what stress entails. An optimist might state that we are coming closer to a generally accepted interpretation of what stress is. On the other hand, a realist knows that theorists, researchers, and practitioners are no closer today to a general definition than we were two decades ago.
