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*. Chapter 3: Literature Review This chapter reviews the literature related to the theme of this research. With studies on various aspects of the theme pouring in at an incessant pace, the literature has grown manifold. This chapter presents a comprehensive review of the literature especially on role stress, personality traits and police. The review covers both conceptual and empirical contributions to the subject of study. Literature has been reviewed under different sub-sections. 3.1 Studies on Stress Every human being encounters various kinds of challenges in his or her life. Different ages have different kinds of stress. In the prehistoric age, the nature was the main source of almost all stresses. Man was stressed due to factors like threat of wild animals, natural disasters; such as earthquake, flood, excessive rain, drought, famine, epidemics, and climate dangers; such as thunder and storm, inter group conflicts for searching food and living resources. The present day, world has witnessed substantial progress in science and technology. Now, man can manage the nature with greater confidence. However, other stressors have substituted natural stressors. Wars and conflicts for power have become a potent source of stress. Again, with the emergence of industrial society, new forms of stressors have replaced the earlier ones. These stressors may be political & economical uncertainty, regionalism, communalism, terrorism, urbanization, threat of war, nuclear threat, unemployment, poverty and job insecurity. Over the past six decades, the stress had been the source of immense interest (Doublet, 2000). But it is an old concept. The term had evolved over several hundred years. Its discovery in the twentieth century was more of a rediscovery (Cassidy, 1999). It had been used in medicine for centuries (Hinkle, 1977). Robert Burton (1624) wrote about the sources of disease and melancholy (depression). He mentioned social stress as a key malady (cited in Hobfoll, 2004). In Indian context also, stress found a mention in the vedic literature, whereas it appeared as Dukha (Grief) and Dushchinta (anxiety). Walter Cannon was credited for originating research on the body’s response to stressors. Cannon (1914) first published his investigations on the adrenal medulla, in which he asserted that emotional stimuli were capable of releasing a substance which would prepare the animal for flight or

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Page 1: Student Guide: First Time Using Marian Online? · 2. Why am I not getting any e-mails and others are? Emails from Marian Online automatically go to your Marian University email address

Student Guide: First Time Using Marian Online?

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Here are some instructions for accessing your course:

1. Click the link to Marian Online. It will open a browser. Marian Online is compatible with

Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.

2. On the right of the screen, you will see a Login box. Your username and password are your email username (jdoe) and password. Enter these in the box and click the Login button.

If you have any difficulties logging on, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].

3. Once you login, you will see your course listed on the screen as shown below:

4. Click on the name of the course you are taking that you want to access in Marian Online. If you log in and do not see all of your courses, please understand that not all instructors use Marian Online and not all courses have components online. Sometimes instructors do not open their courses to students until after the first meeting. Your instructor is the only person who can answer these types of questions for you, so contact your instructor directly to find out when/if your course will appear in Marian Online. If you do not know your instructor’s contact information, click this link to find it.

5. You should now be in your course. You will see the course materials appearing in the

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center of the screen. Click on any of the items such as the Syllabus to open the files and view the related materials. Once in an item, use the Breadcrumb Links in the upper left-hand corner of the screen to navigate back to the Course Home Page. See the picture below of where the Breadcrumb Links are:

For example, the Course Home Page is the name of the course. In the image above, it is eThink 101. To return to the Course Home Page you would click on the eThink101 link in the Breadcrumbs Link.

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TROUBLESHOOTING: Here are a few frequently asked questions and answers that may be helpful to you:

1. Where have all of the weeks / topics gone?

You have probably clicked on the hide icon.

To reveal all of the other weeks / topics you need to click on the icon which you will see in the right margin of the week / topic.

You can also use the dropdown box underneath the displayed week / topic to jump to a hidden section.

2. Why am I not getting any e-mails and others are?

Emails from Marian Online automatically go to your Marian University email address. You are expected to check this account to receive correspondence from the University. If you need assistance accessing this email account, contact the HelpDesk at [email protected].

If you have any questions or problems, please contact your instructor.

Thanks and enjoy using Marian Online!