Coping with Stress

Learning Outcomes:
1. Discuss that understanding stress and its sources
during adolescence may help in identifying ways to
cope and have a healthful life.
2. Identify the sources of stress and illustrate the
effects of stress on your system.
3. Demonstrate personal ways of coping with stress
for healthful living.
Think-pair-share
Share about the causes and effects of stress in your
life.
1. Everyday frustrations cause stress build-up
2. Problem in our personal life can be devastating
3. A common cause of stress is dealing with life’s
transitions.
Portfolio output
Write about your stress signals answer the following
questions.
1. How do you know that you are stressed?
2. What stress signals do you have that your partner
does not have?
3. How much stress do you think you are currently
under?
Portfolio output
4. How are your stress signals different for different
types of stressors?
5. What are some ways that you usually remove ore
reduce the stress that cause you physical, emotional,
or behavioral difficulties?
Assignment

Compare your stress management to your family

member. How are you different or the same? How do
they cope with stress?