Stress Factors Involved in Triggering Psychosomatic Disorders

Abstract

This work aims to identify how people experience stress, how it influences them, the coping mechanisms they develop, and how it triggers and fuels the development of psychosomatic disorders. The main objective of the paper is to identify if there is a relationship between perceived stress levels and psychosomatic manifestations, as well as developed coping mechanisms. The work theorizes the concepts of stress/stressors, psychosomatic disorders, coping mechanisms and the connection between them, and in the practical part it presents a research focused on the effects of stressors on people's physical health. The research was carried out on a sample consisting of 66 people from the urban environment, with secondary and higher education, mostly of mature age. As a result of this research, it was found that there is a positive correlation between the level of stress perceived in professional activity as well as interpersonal relationships and psychosomatic disorders, between the level of perceived stress and coping mechanisms. It was also found that there are no gender differences in terms of psychosomatic disorders as well as coping mechanisms