HLTH 1123 - Stress Management
2 Credits
Assists the student in examining and managing their body’s physiological and psychological responses to stress. Self-assessments will help the student to identify personal stressors. Students will participate in numerous stress management strategies and relaxation techniques including time management, diaphragmatic breathing, meditation, autogenic, progressive muscle relaxation, cognitive reappraisal, behavior modification, journal writing, and other coping techniques.
Major Content Areas
Developing and Implementing: 10% Psychology of stress: 20% Physiology of stress: 10% Coping Strategies: 30% Relaxation Techniques: 30%
Learning Outcomes
Discuss numerous stress management techniques including their procedure and the physiological and psychological changes that result Identify personal stressors and responses through self-assessments Evaluate their personal experience with numerous stress management techniques Perform various breathing and relaxation techniques Identify physiological changes that occur during stress Utilize journal entries as a problem solving approach to self-assessment, setting goals, and planning behavioral changes
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