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Personal Resilience

Recognising the Effects of Stress

Incident commanders should understand and recognise the effects of acute stress in themselves and others. Some effects can be subtle changes from normal behaviour; however there is no definitive list of behavioural indicators.

Typical indicators of stress can be broadly categorised as behavioural, emotional, physical and cognitive.

Behavioural Indicators Emotional Indicators Physical Indicators Cognitive (thought process) Indicators