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Stress Profile

A‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍s noted in your text, chronic stress (long-term reactions to stressors) and daily hassles can be damaging to your physical and psychological health. No one can avoid stress. However, there are a number of factors that can either contribute to becoming overwhelmed by stress or to flourishing in spite of it. For example, having a sense of control, social support, relaxation, and a sense of meaning can all contribute to effectively combating the effects of stress. In this exercise, you will complete a number of scales to help you determine your stress level, how you respond to and cope with stress, and resources you have to combat stress. You will use the results of these scales to develop your personal stress profile. To make the exercise more fun, you might want to have you partner, spouse, or friend complete the scales too. That way you can compare your stress profiles. What You Must Do to Create Your Profile Print, complete, and score the following scales. Do not read how to score a scale until after you have completed it. Stressed Out Susceptibility to Stress (SUS) Response to Stress Scale Are you a Type A or Type B? Coping with Stress Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Locus of Control Life Orientation Test Identify at Least 5 of Your Personal Stressors an‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍d 5 Daily Hassles Using the information gathered in A and B, write a 3-5 page self-reflection paper that includes the following sections:

 1. Discuss your scores on each of the above scales and write a couple of brief statements about what that score means for you. Were you surprised by the score(s)? Did the results of the scales resonate with your perception of your stress level?

2. Incorporating information from your text and other academic sources, provide a summary of your stressors and life hassles.

3. Incorporating information from your text and other academic sources, provide a summary of what you might do to reduce your stress.

4. Discuss the issue of personal stress as it relates to psychological well-being. Relate your own results and thoughts about your experience with these scales to the information provided in the text and other academic sources (journal articles, books, .gov, .edu, or .org websites). Textbook Myers, David G. and DeWall, C. Nathan (2020). Psychology in everyday life. New York, NY: Worth Publishers. Fifth edition. ISBN- 9781319133726 I have done the profile with my scores. If it is easier to you (the writer) to do the stress test and then do the essay with your own scores that is okay. Attached is the stress profile and scores‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍

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Scores on the Scales

I am stressed out fairly often especially when I have lots of work to do in my diary book. When am stressed I tend to drink a lot to forget about the disturbing issues. When am stressed, I usually get headaches which I think is as a result of overthinking about the disturbing issues. I get difficulty in speaking due to poor breathing especially when responding to anyone who might be the cause of the stress. I do not experience gastrointestinal problems due to stress. Stress gives muscle tremors and hand shaking to an extent of failing to grasp anything firmly. Stress gives me excessive dryness of skin especially lips. It increases my appetite as I feel like always eating to avoid the stress.

Type A or Type B Person

Total number of Type A answers:  10 by 1 point each = 10

Total number of Type B answers: 30 by -1 point each =-30

Total Score = -20 Definite B

I am a type B person The score means that I

Coping with Stress

During my worst moments in the year I was drinking excessively to avoid remembering about the problems. I though drinking would help me recover from the problem as I would forget all the issues. I accepted it and believed nothing could be done to solve the problem. I kept what I was feeling to myself and never shared with anyone. I avoided being with people and enjoyed my own company. I refused to believe that the stressing issue happened.

1/11 = 0.09, 1/13 = 0.08, 7/8 = 0.87. Therefore, I tend to use avoidance approach of coping with stress.

Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales

5+3+1+2+1+4=16 Moderate support

3+4+3+2+3+4=17 Moderate support

 1+1+1+1+1+1=6 Low support

Locus of Control

My score is 50.3 thus I have a moderate sense of an internal locus of control

Scheier & Carver`s Life Orientation Test

3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 2, 3

3+1+0+1=5

5+1+3+2+3= 14

From the score I am slightly optimistic

Stressors and Life Hassles

My stressors and daily hassles include rising prices, many things that I am supposed to do within short deadline and health of a family member. I am worried when I see a relative who is sick since I cannot stop thinking about the illness and the financial burden that it has on our family.

 

Stress Reduction

When I feel stressed, I try to engage in things that will divert my mind from thinking about it.

Stress and Psychological well-being

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