Stress Management Through the Lens of Family and Consumer Sciences

Individuals and families are constantly juggling multiple professional and personal commitments that may contribute to stress. Repeated stressors can impair mental and physical health thereby affecting healthy living. Family and consumer sciences (FCS) professionals' expertise is critical in providing strategies to alleviate stress. This article identifies stressors that have an impact on individuals, families, and communities, including short- to long-term ones and both good and bad stressors. It investigates recent, effective stress management strategies in improving quality of life, and discusses the contributions of FCS professionals through teaching, research, and service in a changing society.