About

The INSTINCT Project

• Many people still develop stress due to work.  A bit of stress (eustress) is notably good in that it can boost mental and physical capacity, however extreme stress (distress) can be counter-productive as it has negative health and psychological consequences.
• This research is concerned with establishing the threshold of when eustress translates into distress.
• Thus an intervention to curb the onset of stress is being proposed in the form of a user friendly IT tool 'Stress-Blocker' (Streblo).  The INSTINCT (INhibiting STress IN the ConsTruction Industry) project will use coping behaviours to develop Streblo which will focus on the avoidance, early detection and management of stress-related events.  Streblo will be a cloud-based IT Application (app) designed to operate on computers, mobile phones, tablets and hand-held devices.
• This project will provide for thre first time an effective instrument for the prevention of stress in different construction job profiles and by means of web technologies.