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Coping with Stress in Adolescence

This document discusses stress and coping strategies for adolescents. It defines stress, identifies common stressors for adolescents like school, relationships, and finances. It describes the physical, emotional and behavioral reactions to stress. Finally, it provides strategies for coping with stress in a healthy way such as physical activity, relaxation, time management, social support, and maintaining good health habits.

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Coping with Stress in Adolescence

This document discusses stress and coping strategies for adolescents. It defines stress, identifies common stressors for adolescents like school, relationships, and finances. It describes the physical, emotional and behavioral reactions to stress. Finally, it provides strategies for coping with stress in a healthy way such as physical activity, relaxation, time management, social support, and maintaining good health habits.

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Coping with Stress in

Middle and Late


Adolescence
Janice B. Tan, RN, LPT
Teacher III
Content and Performance
Standard
 The learners demonstrate an
understanding of… stress and its
sources; various stress responses; and
coping strategies for healthful living in
middle and late adolescence
 The learners…
 identify personal ways of coping for
healthful living
Learning Competencies

The learners...
1. discuss that understanding stress and its
sources during adolescence may help in
identifying ways to cope and have a healthful
life
2. identify sources of one’s stress and illustrate
the effect of stress on one’s system
Learning Competencies

3. demonstrate personal ways of coping with


stress for healthful living
Stress Log
Write down a couple of
stressful situations that
came up this week, how
you dealt with them and
how you felt afterward.
What is
Stress?
Stress

 Dictionary: pressure, tension, hardship,


emphasis, importance
 Hans Selye (1907-1982): the body's reaction
to perceived threats or tension that affects
our body's balance (homeostasis: our
normal, healthy, steady state)
General Adaptation Syndrome
1. The Alarm Phase
 recognize the stressor
 “adrenaline rush” --> “fight or flight” Upon
encountering a stressor,body reacts with"fight-or-
flight" response
 reactions in the body stirred
 nervous system activated
 hormones act up (such as corticosterone) --> surge of
energy to allow handling of the stressful situation
 The body's resources now mobilized
General Adaptation Syndrome

2. The Resistance Phase


 able to handle stress or adapt to the situation
 restore sense of balance
 defenses still up
 body still in state of arousal to resist effects of
stress
General Adaptation Syndrome

3. The Exhaustion Phase


 stressful situation persists
 neither able to adjust nor hold up
 exhaustion sets in
 burnout, fatigue, dysfunction, health problems
Stress Related Illnesses

 heart diseases
 gastrointestinal problems
 anxiety
 depression
Know your Stressors!

 Draw anything that makes you stressed in a


piece of paper and try to explain what you
have drawn.
Stressor

 is any event, experience, or environmental


stimulus that causes stress in an individual.
These events or experiences are perceived as
threats or challenges to the individual and
can be either physical or psychological.
 Researchers have found that stressors can
make individuals more prone to both physical
and psychological problems, including heart
disease and anxiety. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_s
tress
)
Stressors can be divided into physical,
social, and psychological.
Eustress

 is the other form of stress that is positive and


beneficial. We may feel challenged, but the
sources of the stress are opportunities that
are meaningful to us. Eustress helps provide
us with energy and motivation to meet our
responsibilities and achieve our goals
Examples of eustress

 igraduating from college,


 getting married,
 receiving a promotion,
 or changing jobs
Eustress, or positive stress, has the
following characteristics:
 Motivates, focuses energy.
 Is short-term.
 Is perceived as within our coping abilities.
 Feels exciting.
 Improves performance
Distress

 is a continuous experience of feeling


overwhelmed, oppressed, and behind in our
responsibilities. It is the allencompassing
sense of being imposed upon by difficulties
with no light at the end of the tunnel.
Examples of distress include

 financial difficulties,
 conflicts in relationships,
 excessive obligations,
 managing a chronic illness, or
 experiencing a trauma
Distress, or negative stress, has the
following characteristics
 Causes anxiety or concern.
 Can be short- or long-term.
 Is perceived as outside of our coping abilities.
 Feels unpleasant.
 Decreases performance.
 Can lead to mental and physical problem
Common Stressors

 Work/studies
 academic requirements, tests, projects, deadlines,
overtime
 Money
 tuition fees, “baon”, everyday expenses, bills
 Relationships
 conflicts, frustrations with family and friends, peer
pressure
Common Stressors

 Time - lack of it
 Environment
 pollution, transportation, traffic, flooding
 Change - adjustment with new things
 Unexpected events
 accidents, natural disasters
Common Reactions to Stress
 Physical
 headaches/migraine
 tiredness
 palpitations/rapid pulse
 indigestion/heartburn
 breathing difficulty
 loss of appetite
 LBM/diarrhea
 skin problems
Common Reactions to Stress

 Emotional
 unhappiness
 depression
 frustration
 irritability
 anxiety
 loss of sense of humor
Common Reactions to Stress

 Behavioral
 restlessness
 difficulty in sleeping
 overeating/loss of appetite
 absenteeism/tardiness
 alcohol drinking
 smoking
Common Reactions to Stress

 Stressful eating habits


 eating too fast
 not chewing food well
 eating too much
 drinking too much fluid
Other Specific Strategies to Handle
Stress
 Take care of your health
 Eat healthy
 Do not skip breakfast
 Take vitamins and supplements
 Avoid stressful eating habits that affect digestion
Other Specific Strategies to Handle
Stress
 Physical activities
 exercises - jogging, dancing, TaiChi
 Relaxation exercises
 Breathing exercises
 Finding your inner smile
 Laughter Therapy
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1883): “Laugh and the
whole world laughs with you. Weep and you weep
alone”
Other Specific Strategies to Handle
Stress
 Time Management
 Identifying Support Groups
 make connection
 find a group you can trust and make you feel safe
 know the people you can talk to - family
members, counselor, mentor
 be open to receive help
Other Specific Strategies to Handle
Stress
 Meditate/Pray

Can't sleep?
Don't count the sheep.
Talk to the shepherd.
Journal activity
 How stressed are you? Rate your stress from
1-10, 1 being a calm, relaxed state, 10 being a
high stress level. Explain your rating
 What are your most important stressors right
now? list or draw them
 What are your reactions? Classify as to
physical, emotional and behavioral
 How do you handle them? Explain your
stress-busting technique.

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