Stress is not new experience to all of us

Cancer is a disease wherein abnormal cells divide without control and are able to attack other tissues. Most of the patients and their families face some degree of depression, anxiety, and fear when cancer becomes a part of their lives. They feel helpless and eager to find ways on how to get rid of it. The study focuses on anxiety among breast cancer patients. It aims at investigating cancer, its symptoms, and effects the disease has on the anxiety level of patients.

Background:This is an experimental study and it discusses the effectiveness of social support in managing academic stress among students.Aim:The purpose of this study is to understand the importance of social support in managing stress.Materials and Methods:Simple random sampling was assigned to a number of 120 students, equally divided into an experimental and a control group. Classes on social support as coping mechanisms were given to the experimental group only. The accumulated data were then analyzed, descriptive statistics were used to interpret and evaluate the prevalence of academic stress, and social support. Correlation analysis was employed in the examination of the relationship between stress and social support.Results:The findings of this study indicate that there are significant differences between the experimental group and the control group in relation to stress and social support. Eventually, the experimental group proved to cope with academic stress better than the control group, and they were satisfied with their academic performance during the experimentation.Conclusion:Hence, it is highly advisable to encourage the students to use social support as coping mechanisms.

In today's global business environment, talent management becomes one important source of competitive advantage that creates value for all companies. Hence, leaders in any organization work very hard to attract, hire, develop and retain talent. Because they believe that people are the only assets that innovate in any organization and innovation is the only path to sustain performance, therefore, managing talent will give some advantage to their company. Furthermore, managing talent must be continuously reviewed, so that the company can capitalize on its talented employees to grow, find the best fit, and expand into new markets. Therefore, talent management needs to be given great effort in every organization and its psychological outcomes need to be debated in order to optimize employee's performance.

The study analyzes the academic stress among students. It aims at investigating the effectiveness of religious orientation in managing stress among them. The sample consists of 218 bachelor's degree students in Malaysia universities. The data were collected from stressful situations questionnaire, role strain measures, and Intrinsic and Extrinsic orientation. Frequency analysis was used to examine level of stress, strain, and religious orientation. The results indicated that students experience moderate level of stress, strain, and religious orientation. However, a significant means difference in the perception of male and female students toward the study variables.