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Chapter 13 First Impression

--Original published at HarrysCollegeBlog

Characterizing human behaviors into personalities can seem simple on the surface, but aren’t as accurate as we’d like them to be. Nothing can come close to real human behavior, but it can get into a range that lets us generalize them into categories. These 4 personality quizzes we took all did this to some degree, some better than others. For the sake of simplicity, all of the quizzes put me in INTP, which is a fairly accurate description of my personality type, being introverted, intuitive, thinking and perceiving. I also will be talking about them in order as they appeared on the assignment page at Dr. Macfarlane’s website.

The first Personality quiz was set in a format where it would ask you a question, and you had to pick how often you did said question on a scale from very likely, to not very likely. This one I Liked a lot, considering it took into question how often you performed such actions, and how likely you were to do them. It really shone in that area, and even gave a percentage of how much of that personality type you were.

The second personality test had a multiple choice style for the questions, although compared to the others, it was quite inaccurate. It only had 2 answers per question, and didn’t seem to capture the depth to a human’s character, given the lack of freedom of choice, and having to decide between two options. The results screen also had a lack of reasoning as to why i was that personality type, no percentages like the last one, just the result.

The third one was very similar, with the same basic idea of the questions being asked, and 5 selections on a range from not very likely, to very likely. Although this one had a lot less answers to fill in, which made it a lot more convenient, since it took less time out of my day to get my result. what was interesting was that it put up after submitting, before you got your results, it would ask if you wanted your results to be used in a study, and if you were willing to answer a few questions for the study’s sake. It had no effect on it, but it seemed that the creators took our privacy into thought when making it. The result screen was also very detailed, giving exact stats, Factors, a graph, and the score percentile. A lot of work was put into this short quiz, and you can tell when taking it as well.

The final Quiz was perplexing, it gave only a single question at the beginning, asking what your sex was, before going into a test with 8 color boxes on the screen, telling you to click on them all, and the question after asking you to replicate that same process. It then gave a detailed explanation based off which colors I chose, the order I chose them in. surprisingly enough, despite me choosing 2 and clicking randomly, it was able to pinpoint my personality, and even my strengths and weaknesses, preferences, and objectives. it perplexed me to see how something as simple as color could offer so much insight into my personality. Or this might just be a coincidence that I happened to land on the combination that lead to this result, im honestly not sure with this test, not as straight forward in how you took it.

The quizzes gave me an overall good luck into my own personality, me being relatively quiet, shy, detail-focused and trusting to a fault. Demanding reciprocal loyalty and honesty, while being overall bad in crowds, needing to take time to myself in peaceful environments. all 4 tests were able to get these basic ideas of my personality, some better than others, and in simpler, more perplexing ways.

Spotlight post 2: stress management

--Original published at Manami PSY105blog

Student

According to the article, “Top 10 School Stress Relievers for Students”, by Elizabeth Scott, suggests 10 effective methods to reduce stress of students and succeed in school. Students are feeling overwhelmed and depressed because of schoolwork and activities in school. The pressure that caused by the expectation of academic achievement which influences students’ future. First advice to reduce stress is taking a nap. Students tend to be a lack of sleep before the due date of assignments and exams. They also become less productive and unable to focus on studying well without enough sleep. Therefore, the author recommends taking a nap to busy students. This strategy is considered as adaptive strategies which reduce stress simply. This is also an effective strategy as problem-focused on coping which people attempt to reduce the cause of stress directly. Because if students took a nap, they would be able to be more productive to study and would not be sleepy. However, it depends on individuals because some students may feel more stress and tiredness if they used an important time to take a nap instead of studying. It may be more beneficial for some students to sleep early and have good sleep every night than taking a nap in terms of health. In addition, getting exercise regularly also helps students’ busy school life. Exercise is not only good for the health but also good to low the blood pressure reactions to stress. However, some people feel stress to do exercise even though it is a beneficial idea. This is the one of stress cause called approach-avoidance conflict. Therefore, doing exercise not always work well to release stress.

 

Parents

Parents face stressful situations by working, doing a household and raising a child. Especially, it is difficult to raise a child without managing their stress. There are four stress coping strategies in the article, “4 Tips for Managing Parenting Stress”, by Erlanger A. Turner. Specifically, asking help to professional and having social support are effective ways to reduce stress. Firstly, the author says psychologists help them not only to find the best way to deal with life’s difficulties but also to give advice on parenting from a professional perspective. Self-disclosure that parents reveal their stressful problems to the others is helpful. In this case, parents do not need to think about who they should disclose because psychologists are trustful not to make troubles. Secondly, having social support such as friends and family bonds is important. If parents feel overwhelmed, they would be able to rely on their friends or family to take care of children. They also can make own time to do what they want to do for fun.

 

Teacher

A teacher is one of the stressful jobs. According to the article, 9 Stress Management Strategies Every Teacher Needs to Know”, Chris Mumford insists unique stress coping strategies such as breath deeply, thinking of stress positively and forcing yourself to be grateful. It is a part of mindfulness meditation which is a practice to provide people with relaxation to breathe deeply. It works when teachers feel emotional stress in the class. Next, people think stress is negative. However, it would give a positive impact on their body such as increasing the heart rate from the article. It is also said that stress can be reduced if people do not view stress as harmful. In my opinion, it depends on individuals whether people can think the stress helps to achieve the challenges they are facing, although there is research to support the idea. The other strategy which forces themselves to be grateful is emotion-focused coping strategies. This is focusing on the control of feelings. If people can think that grateful everything including the cause of stress, it would be easy to move on and make their life better. I think it is a similar idea to the internal locus of control which the perception that people can control their fate.

 

There are several options to cope with stress. If people could find a suitable one, they would succeed to live in stressful situations.

Citations:

Scott, E. (2018, June 11). Top 10 School Stress Relievers for Students. Retrieved fromhttps://www.verywellmind.com/top-school-stress-relievers-for-students-3145179

Turner, A. E. (2013, Jun 24). 4 Tips for Managing Parenting Stress. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-race-good-health/201306/4-tips-managing-parenting-stress

Mumford, C. (n.d.). 9 Stress Management Strategies Every Teacher Needs to Know. Retrieved from https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/9-stress-management-strategies-every-teacher-needs-know

#Spotlight #Stress

Spotlight: Stress

--Original published at Cecilia's Thoughts

Stress is such a difficult thing that almost everyone in society experiences it, more frequently then we probably should. Though there are many developments on how to deal with this stress. Each group, age, and type of people experience different kinds of stress. Three groups of people that I chose to research on ways to manage their stress are college students, athletes, and parents. I chose athletes and college students because I am a part of both of these groups so researching ways to manage the stress they experience will be helpful for my own life. And parenting is close to me because I am very close to my mom and I know that I cause her a lot of stress on top of other stressors in her life.

The first article I read was 10 ways that a college student can reduce their stress, it was written in 2010 so some of these strategies may be outdated or no longer as effective. I think that a few of these strategies are useful, they discuss get an adequate amount of sleeping, eating well, and exercising (Scott, 2010). Exercise is linked with both physiological and psychological benefits consistently. It also discusses seeking emotional support, which is very important because it brings someone resources and hope that things will get easier/better. Though there are some coping mechanisms that I think would be considered self-indulgence, such as getting a massage, yes this is relaxing but when the massage is over you will still have just as much on your plate. Overall, reading this article will bring you some success in reducing your stress.

The second article was focused on how athletes can manage their stress. This article only discusses five stress management tips: get adequate rest, engage in fun activities, manage your time, check your attitude, and get support (Barron, 2017). From an athlete’s point of view I think that all of these coping mechanisms would be useful. Getting support is something called self-disclosure, which allows you to talk to someone about what is stressing you out, which in some cases lifts a burden off of your shoulders. The only one that I would critique is checking your attitude, it is important to have  apositive attitude, but in some cases it is very hard to uphold this attitude all the time. Though I do believe with using other constructive strategies for coping with their stress, the positive attitude will be easier to uphold. After reading this article I think it would be very successful in helping athletes find ways to reduce some of their stress.

The last article I read was four tips that help manage parenting stress. Similarly to the previous articles it discusses using a support system, friends and family. In this article, it discusses for the first time in my research, seeking help from a professional when things become too much for you to handle. I think this is important to put in writing because in many cases people do not want to see a professional because of pride, but I think reading this article it will help people to make the decision to seek help for themselves. Turner also discusses making time for yourself, which I see as very important because parents are so caught up in their child’s life and in their significant other’s life. So it is important for a parent to take a step back and have a night or a few days for themself, which in my opinion would reduce a lot of stress. “It is okay to take a break for yourself. It’s actually healthy and more beneficial for you and your child to have some time apart” (Turner, 2013). This article would be very successful in helping reduce a parent’s stress because it points out that it is okay to take steps to help yourself, which I think many parents forget this once they become a mother or father.

Ultimately I think that these article did a fairly good job in providing ways to reduce stress levels in different groups while following the correct psychological ways to cope and reduce stress.

 

Stress Management for College Students:

Scott, J. (2010). College Life: 10 Ways to Reduce Stress. Everyday Health. Retrieved from https://www.everydayhealth.com/college-health/college-life-10-ways-to-reduce-stress.aspx

Stress Management for Athletes:

 

Barron, C. (2017). The Stress Management Tips For Athletes. NOVA labs. Retrieved from https://nova3labs.com/five-stress-management-tips-athletes/

 

Stress Management for Parents:

Turner, E. (2013). 4 Tips for Managing Parenting Stress. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-race-good-health/201306/4-tips-managing-parenting-stress

 

Spotlight Blog 2- Stress Management Strategies

--Original published at HuntersCollegeBlog

Stress is something that people deal with in their everyday lives. Whether it’d be college kids, adults, or athletes, everyone experiences stress in some way. For this post, I will be comparing how three different websites believe college students, musicians, and children should manage stress. Once I gather this information, I will relate it back to what I’ve learned in psych class to see how reliable it is.

The first website explains how college students should deal with stress. It talks about the different effects stress has on college students physically, and ways to help deal with stress. They suggest that eating healthy and exercising can help fight and reduce stress. According to Purdue University Global,  eating a healthier diet can give you the nutrition you need in order to fight off the stress. It suggests avoiding foods with high sugar and high levels of caffeine. It also suggests that exercising can help improve sleep which should reduce stress. Having an outlet and having a support system are also two ways that Purdue University Global suggests managing stress. They emphasize the importance on being able to take a break and doing things you like, and having friends and family there to support you. Having an everyday plan in place is also encouraged on Purdue University Global. More calming things such as meditation and aromatherapy are also mentioned. Meditation is said to have stress lowering abilities, and aromatherapy uses essential oils like lavender and lemon to lower stress. Being able to express your emotions and process them is also a way to help manage stress. I feel that these strategies are beneficial, because in class we talked about how regular exercise helps with coping with stress, as well as social support, and self indulgence, like doing things you enjoy in order to cope with stress.  We also talked about releasing your emotions (catharsis) and how important that is in relieving emotional stress.

The next website explains how musicians can deal with stress. Being a musician myself, I was very excited to read this one. It talks about how musicians who typically travel often experience tours, performance anxiety, and separation from loved ones. Constant changes in environments can also disturb the bodies stress response. Dr. Stephen Sideroff, a clinical director and assistant clinical professor of the psychiatry department of UCLA worked with musicians on dealing with stress. He suggests that breathing techniques and mediation can help with keeping yourself relaxed. He also suggests exercising as a way to relieve stress in order to let out the tension in your body. Sideroff also said that self-appreciation and self confidence is a great way to ease stress and anxiety when it comes to performing. Taking breaks and taking time for friends and family is also a good way to take away stress and just relax, especially since working gigs as a musician all the time can really take a toll on you. I believe as a musician, these coping strategies are essential. We learned in class how important exercise is, and how important it was to have a support system to contribute to resources and hope. Being a musician isn’t easy, so it’s extremely important to have a support system. In class we also talked about the importance of adapting in a way that creates less stress for you without making it complicated, defined as adaptive strategies, and these ways are definitely easy and applicable.

The last website talked about how children can manage stress. While some people may think adults deal with stress more frequently, children deal with it too, especially if those stressors have a bigger impact on their life (i.e. divorce). Lynn Lyons suggests that “the key in helping kids manage stress is teaching them to problem-solve, plan and know when to say yes and no to activities and commitments” (Tartakovsky). This is super important, because kids encounter problems all the time. She suggests that making time for certain things like play and sleep is essential. It’s also important that kids aren’t over scheduled, that way they have time for downtime and sleep. Teaching kids to listen to their bodies is also important. It teaches them that sometimes your body just needs a break. While we didn’t really talk about these specific coping mechanisms in class, I feel that they are important. Adaptive strategies such as avoiding overloading is important, because it’s able to decrease the problem of overworking kids without making things more complicated. I feel that this adaptive strategies also applies to getting more sleep, because it’s helping to decrease stress by letting the body relax and rejuvenate. Playing can fall under the category of self indulgence, because it allows the child to escape from stressful situations for a little bit. Based on our notes that we took in class, I feel that all three of these websites provide accurate and useful ways to cope with stress.

  1. Purdue University Global (2018). The College Student’s Study Guide to Stress Management. Purdue University Global. Retrieved on November 4, 2018 from https://www.purdueglobal.edu/news-resources/college-students-guide-to-stress-management-infographic/
  2. International Musician (23 September 2015). Don’t Sweat It: Your Guide to Managing Stress. International Musician. Retrieved on November 4, 2018 from https://internationalmusician.org/dont-sweat-it-your-guide-to-managing-stress/
  3. Tartakovsky, M. (2016). 7 Tips For Helping Your Child Manage Stress. Psych Central. Retrieved on November 4, 2018 from https://psychcentral.com/lib/7-tips-for-helping-your-child-manage-stress/

 

Ch 13 – Personality

--Original published at AlyssaM

The first test, I feel did not accurately describe me. It said I was Introvert 41%, Sensing 6%, Feeling 38%, and Judging 3%. I feel it didn’t really reflect my personality to the fullest it is. It hardly had any details as to who I am. On top of that, I wouldn’t say it is that credible. For one the choices were, “YES, yes, uncertain, no, NO” how are we supposed to know what yes means compared to YES. Also a lot of the questions were odd and not personality related.

The second test, was pretty accurate in getting my personality as it is. It said I was INFP or “Questor”. The different traits listed underneath fit me well. However, the test itself is not that credible because there are only two choices for each question, there is no in between you are either one or the other.

The third test, was mostly close with describing my personality, although some parts were the opposite of others. It was more credible that the previous sources and had more options and the website was completed more by researchers than the others probably were.

Surprisingly, the fourth color test actually was good at getting my personality. Although, I would not say it is that credible. For one it only had two questions. Secondly, the questions were only selecting colors. It never states what colors have to do with it and how they can get the results based off of preference. On top of that, it does not take in the possibility that the test taker may be colorblind and if they are, how can it be accurate?

Spotlight #2 Memory

--Original published at Gracie's Blog

There are several methods used when studying for a test or understanding different concepts. Memory is different for everyone, but some tips and tricks can help improve the memory of  people of all ages. In college there are several different methods used to go about retaining information learned in class. Different online sources give some insight on different tips that are supposedly going to help boost a college student’s grades. In college studying is so important and a big factor when learning. One source gives seven helpful tips on studying for college kids. Good notes are a key to success when wanting good grades. Some students are unsure of what information is important. To help ensure the student is writing down all the needed information, attending the professor’s office hours is helpful. With the professor’s permission, recording the lectures and rereading notes is also helpful (7 Best Study Tips). Along with taking good notes, organization is a crucial task when studying for classes, as using sticky notes, keeping returned assignments, and making flash cards can be very helpful (7 Best Study Tips). Over studying can be a problem, and cramming all information in one night can be more harmful than helpful. We talked about in class how waiting till the night before an exam can be overwhelming for the brain. In order to recall information, studying for small increments at a time way in advance of an exam is beneficial. One of the worst distractions when trying to study is technology. An important tip to get high quality studying is to put the phone away and not pick it up ( 7 Best Study Tips). Phones nowadays are popular and the number one way to know what is happening in the world, it is so easy to waste valuable time searching on a phone instead of studying.

When in high school, grades are important because they impact the future of students intending to continue their education. The studying tips provided online for high school students are similar to the tips given for college students. One study tip is to be engaged in class, take solid notes, and participate in class (Top 10). When in class, it is hard to listen to the teacher and not think about anything else going on in your life. One tip is to engage in the class and take quality notes. In the long run, retrieving information from the class will be easier. Having a routine is beneficial in several ways. After school, students should go home, maybe enjoy a snack, and get all of their homework done. For some students it may look different, maybe with a sport practice, but sticking to a routine can ensure that everything that needs to be done, will be done (Top 10). Another tip given is to have a clean and tidy study space. Going somewhere quiet, with good lighting can be helpful when studying (Top 10). In class we discussed how even studying with music can take away the quality of our studying because there is more than just class material being taken in by the sensory memory. It is important to think positive and take a break when studying. Being overwhelmed and stressed about something can take away from the time you have to study (Top 10). All of these studying tips are correct and can benefit students who need help with studying. Now that I have talked about students in both college and high school, there are also tips online to assist parents with studying.

 

Some parents enjoy helping their kids study, or are very strict with what grades their kids are receiving. The blog, Edmentum provides several tips for parents who want to effectively help their kids study for school. In order to see good grades there needs to have a mix of good attitude, habits, and effort (Ho, Elaine). One tip is to design a study space to ensure that the time spent studying will be valuable and worth your time (Ho, Elaine). Studying in a noisy environment will lead to distractions and unfocus. Another factor that goes into quality studying is to take notes. Taking notes by hand has perks because you are more likely to retain the information and pay attention (Ho, Elaine). Along with taking notes, highlighting key terms or using active reading strategies helps improve concentration. Practice tests help to prepare a child for a test, so asking short essay questions or using flash cards helps to prove that they know the information (Ho, Elaine). It is important to make sure as a parent that your child knows how important asking their teacher questions is. If they are unsure about something, the smartest strategy to eventually comprehend what they do not understand is to ask the teacher questions (Ho, Elaine). Asking a teacher for help is what students are supposed to do, and in the end doing so is beneficial. Hearing repeated concepts that were not understood before can retained and remembered better the second time around.

 

Studying is an important role in school, and whether a student studies or not shows how much they care. After studying for classes, students can find retrieving the information easier. There are several tips and tricks given on different websites for people of all ages. Studying takes time, but after following these tips, students discover how studying can influence their grades.
Works Cited

“7 Best Study Tips For College Students”. CampusExlorer. Campus Explorer, 2018. Web. 2 November 2018.

https://www.campusexplorer.com/college-advice-tips/2DF9E34D/7-Best-Study-Tips-for-College-Students/

 

Ho, Elaine. “7 Tips for Parents to Help Your Child Develop Effective Study Skills”. Edmentum. Blog.7 September 2017. Edmentum.com. 4 November 2018. http://blog.edmentum.com/7-tips-parents-help-your-child-develop-effective-study-skills

 

VanDuzer, Todd. “Top 10 High School Study Tips”. Student-Tutor. 4 November 2015. Web.  4 November 2018. https://student-tutor.com/blog/top-10-high-school-study-tips/.

Chapter 13 First Impression Post

--Original published at Zachs College Blog

After taking the Jung Typology Test, I scored ESFJ which means 31% extravert over introversion, 9% sensing over intuition, 31% feeling over thinking and 3% judging over perceiving. I think this accurately describes my personality with the percentages i was given after answering the set of questions. Overall I believe the test was somewhat credible as it asked a few questions that did not apply to me personally or were too hard to understand. The test was created based off of Carl Jung and Isabel Briggs Myers personality type theory so it must be based off a credible source. The next test or the type theory test was a questionnaire that asked 68 questions based on many different emotional and personality related questions. After taking the test, my Jungian Personality type was ENFJ which can be described as a great leader that strives to see other people succeed. This personality type matches with about 5% of the totally population. I feel like this test also gave an accurate description of my personality type. This test seems to be as credible as the last one as one negative point on this test is that a few words in the questions were misspelled. Although, this test provided people with a paragraph describing the personality type which you were given unlike the first test we took which only gave a few words. The third test was the IPIP Big-Five Factor Marker which measured the. 5 personality traits. The five personality categories described in this test are extroversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness, imagination. my results for the five categories were 70% for extroversion or being outgoing/social, 52% emotional stability or negative emotionality, 67% agreeableness or someone who is friendly and optimistic, 62% conscientiousness or someone who is careful, and lastly 28% intellect/imagination. This test seems to be not as reliable as the past 2 tests as this test does not give a great description of what the 5 personality traits were. Also, my results were not as accurate as the past 2 tests. The last test I took is the color test which asked you to rank how each color made you feel. My results of the test were based off of 6 main topics which includes my existing situation, stress sources, restrained characteristics, desired objective, actual problem 1 & 2. This source seems to be very credible as it stated in the introduction that this test is used worldwide and that it has been given to thousands of people around the world.

Chapter 13 First Impression Post

--Original published at Rachelsblog

After taking these 4 personality tests, I feel as if they are very accurate to my personality. First off, all of the tests show me to be more of an extravert rather than an introvert. Which is find is very accurate. I tend to find myself liking social situations rather than being alone, although at sometimes, being alone is not always the worst thing. I tend to enjoy being around tons of people, although, I do not like being the center of attention and tend to stick to the outside of the circle. I don’t find it hard to talk or be outgoing in social situations, which makes me an extravert. In contrast, when it comes to feelings and emotions, I tend to keep mine to myself because I find that to be a difficult thing to share. Although, I am always open and the first to help other people with their emotions and feelings and problems they may be having. Another trait I have is taking other people’s problems and placing the blame on myself. If there is an issue with me and a friend, I tend to take the blame before the other person would, even if it is not my fault,  because I do not like conflict and always look for a resolution.

A common thread through all the test is that I am a planner. I do not like “going with the flow” when it comes to plans. It tends to stress me out. I tend to be very organized as well. All my binders for school are color coordinated and my notes are written perfectly in an organized way. On top of this, I like being giving directions, step by step directions. Ones that I can follow directly and not have room to make mistakes or decisions on my own. I find myself to be bad at decision making and tend to follow what other people may think is the best for the group because I am not good at making decisions. It stresses me out as well.

I find these personality tests to strongly fit who I am. After taking these tests, I reflected on situations that have happened recently and realized I am this way.

Chapter 13: Personality

--Original published at Tyler's Ideas

Overall, some of the personality tests matched what i believe my personality while others did not. While taking the Jung Typology Test, the results stated that I was neither introvert nor extrovert, while also perferring sensing over intuition, judging over perceiving, and feeling over thinking. I believe this test may be accurate. While I may come off as extrovert to most, I personally believe I am an introvert therefore, the statement that I do not lean toward either is accurate in my opinion. The next test called the type theory test painted my personality as one that was very sociable who excels in service occupation involving personal contact. The reason I disagree with this statement is because I do not think I excel with personal contact. The third test stated that I was an extrovert and agreeable. I agree with the agreeable result but not as much the extrovert part. The final quiz I took was the color quiz. This quiz did not give a as clear as a personality type but stated multiple different things that I would agree with. One statement that I completely agree with is that I like things to go my own way. The issue with most of these quizzes is that I could potentially be either extrovert or introvert. I am either very extrovert or very introvert. There is usually no in between. Overall, I believe that these quizzes could potentially be accurate,  but because I believe I can be very many different characteristics and personality traits, I cannot accurately assess it.

Spotlight Post 2 — Stress

--Original published at Garrettscollegeblog

As we have learned in class, many different ways exist to cope with and handle stress. Stress is so individualized that many times it proves extremely difficult to classify one coping method as the perfect one, however, certain groups experience the same kinds of stressors which allows people to identify coping methods best related to those stressors. For example, student athletes all at a certain point encounter a time where both an important game and tons of homework engulf their mind. This post will evaluate the success of such coping strategies for student athletes, new parents, and teachers.

Just like normal students who participate in extracurricular activities, student athletes deal with many stressors all at once. The idea that someone could have a twelve page paper due the same night that their team plays one of the top ranked teams in the country stresses me out just thinking about it. Recruitingrealities.com lays out five important coping strategies for student athletes: Get plenty of rest, time management, maintain a positive attitude, plan recreational activities that de-stress you, and cultivate a support system. All of these strategies present emotion-focused coping because they are aimed at aiding the person on the feelings resulting from the stressor, without interacting with the stressor itself. These strategies seem like the most logical way to cope with student athlete related stress because using problem focused coping would result in quitting the sport or dropping out of school. The emotion-focused coping allows the person to manage stress while still enjoying the sport they love and school.

New parents experience so much stress after their child is born. Not only will hey lose a lot of sleep, they will lose a lot of free time they previously possessed. Webmd.com offers twenty-five tips that can aid in the stress created by a new baby. I will not list all twenty-five, rather I will pick out the one that sticks out the most: Postpone energy draining projects. Unlike the strategies above, this list exposes many problem-focused coping. In this coping form the stressor is directly changed or interacted with instead of the emotions resulting from the stressor. When postponing these energy draining projects it clears the schedule up, preventing stress from lack of time to arise. Although a night out with friends might work great, dealing with the stressors themselves I this situation proves much more effective for coping with stress.

From grading hundreds of tests or essays to dealing with rowdy and disrespectful students, teaching stands as a very stressful job. Again, a pretty extensive list of thirteen different strategies is provided by educationsupportpartnership.org. The one that stuck out the most to me was “Don’t bottle up anger and frustrations.” It then goes on to explain this strategy as talking out the stress with the person causing it, something we learned in class as self-disclosure. When this is not possible, the article mentions physical activity to relieve stress rather than allowing it to build up. Once more we see an emotionally-focused strategy overpower a problem-focused strategy because interacting with the stressor itself as a teacher would in many cases take away from being a teacher, as stress is natural for the occupation.

https://www.recruitingrealities.com/blog/5-stress-management-tips-for-student-athletes

https://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/features/25-ways-to-handle-the-stress-of-a-new-baby#1

https://www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk/blogs/claire-renn/how-handle-stress-teachers