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Occupational Stress Resilience

Meaning

Occupational Stress Resilience describes an individual’s physiological and psychological capacity to effectively adapt to and recover from the chronic demands and stressors inherent in their professional environment. This resilience is fundamentally tied to the integrity and adaptive capacity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which governs the stress response. Clinically, supporting occupational stress resilience involves optimizing the diurnal cortisol curve and maintaining robust adrenal function. A high degree of resilience ensures that professional pressure does not translate into long-term hormonal burnout or chronic health conditions.