STRESS & FLEX
One current theory, Maddi said, was developed partially by studying Illinois Bell executives during a ten-year period that included the court-ordered divestiture of AT&T. The Bell study found that those who adapted best to the stress had different world views than their less hardy peers. They tended, she said, to be committed to the world and their place in it, rather than alienated from it; to see changes in life as challenges to be risen to, rather than threats; and to believe they could influence events, rather than being powerless. Physical acts like more exercise and a better diet can help people ward off the ill effects of stress, Maddi said, but better still are treatments that aim at attempting to influence a person’s outlook so that he can better handle challenges. From the March 25, 1993 issue of the Chicago Tribune
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