CHAPTER 6: COPING WITH

STRESS IN MIDDLE AND

LATE ADOLESCENCE

What is stress

according to its definition?

-It is the reaction of the mind and body to a stimulus that causes tension on the well-being, and disturbs
the state of calm or equilibrium of a person.

According to Psychologists, they can be;

1. Beneficial stress - Stress can be beneficial and helpful to individuals when a small and sporadic
amounts of stress occur. It became a motivation for you to work hard and conquer those conflicts that
makes you stressed.

2. Destructive stress - Stress can be destructive to both physical and mental health when excessive
amounts of stress sustained over lengthy period of time.

3 View about stress

Stress as STIMULUS

- caused by situations (which often called stressors) that may be life threatening or life changing.

Such as: Car accident, Breaking up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, Leaving your parent's house or time
comes that you encounter and accept God as your Lord and Savior.

Stress as RESPONSE
- the way the body reacts to challenging situations. It involves the interactions between the hormones,
glands and nervous system where adrenal gland drives the production of cortisol (produces energy to do
an action) and release norepinephrine (triggers the body's reaction; increased heart rate, higher blood
pressure.) or better known as "stress hormone"

Adolescent's physical response to stress is faster than that of an adult. Simply because the part of the
adolescent's brain, the prefrontal cortex, that assesses danger and directs action during stress is not
fully developed.

Prolonged or chronic situations that involve both cortisol and norepinephrine affects the body to wear
down fast. And that's the reason why it often causes fatigue, aging, and illness caused by low immune
system.

For example: Your mother are too stress due to financial instability and it causes her to higher blood
pressure.

Stress is relational

assessment here means that when a person allows reasoning to prevail and weigh the relevance or
irrelevance of situation.

Example of this is a flight delay.

HEALTHY STRESS

USUAL STRESSORS OF MIDDLE AND LATE ADOLESCENTS

According to a study from the United States, there are two sources of stress:

2. Internal Stressors- coming from within your thoughts that caused you to feel fearful about the future
and personal beliefs, which include your own expectations.

Possible Stressors of a High School Student

1. Expectations

2. Selecting a School, College Course, or Career

3. Separation Anxiety
4. College Life

5. Romantic Relationships or the Lack of It

6. Family Demands and Expectations

7. Health Concerns

8. Demands of Social Life

9. Bullying

COPING WITH STRESS

It can help in avoiding the damages that may be brought about by severe or chronic stress to your
health and well-being.

Coping can be problem-focused, when remedies or solutions are thought of to change the situation to
lessen the stress or emotion-focused, when the objective is lessen the emotional impact caused by the
stressful situation.(Feist and Rosenberg 2012)

1.Conduct creative

imagery of the problem.

2.Seek group or social support.

3.Get into relaxation activities.

4.Create a situation where you can feel more relaxed.

5.Learn to manage your time.

6.Eat properly, by selecting nutritious, healthy food. Eat regularly and avoid skipping meals

CHAPTER 7: THE POWER OF THE MIND: THE WHOLE BRAIN THEORY

FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE BRAIN

WHOLE BRAIN THEORY

MIND MAPPING

A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information

A mind map is hierarchical and shows relationships among pieces of the whole.

It is often created around single concept

Major ideas are connected directly to the central concept and others ideas branch out from those.

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1. External Stressors- comes from the outside of you like certain situations and people.

STRESS

It can motivate, energize and produce fruitful actions

For example, speaking in front

Stage performances

Stress can help individual to perform something better.

Healthy stress can develop an individual.