Characterising Stress: Part 2. The Emergence and Loosening of Stress Characters

This is the second of a two‐part article describing a characterisation of stress based on a stress continuum. Part 1 provided a holistic description of the full range of individuals′ startle reactions and stressed responses. Part 2 describes the emergence of stress characters, links these characters to the stressors that prompt them and the effects they produce, and considers the methodological implications of the frameworks for those wishing to help alleviate individuals′ stress. Overall, the article develops the original stress story towards one which matches, and beyond that serves to integrate and provide a rationale for, the full qualitative diversity of individuals′stress.