The resistance stage refers to

the subjective nature of a person’s evaluations of the outside world and the resources that he or she has to cope with it.

a treatment targeted at reducing the symptoms of the stress response.

a phase of the general adaptation syndrome in which only some of the physiological components of the alarm stage remain (e.g., tension, worry, and lack of sleep).

a phase of the general adaptation syndrome that is marked by a wearing down of the body’s defenses.