Coping with stress in middle and late adolescence

1. 1. Coping with Stress in Middle and Late Adolescence Josefino Tulabing Larena,
AB,CPS,CPE,MPA
2. 2. Learning Objectives • 1. Discuss that understanding stress and its sources during
adolescence may help in identifying ways to cope and have a healthy life. • 2. Identify
sources of one’s stress and illustrate the effects of stress on one’s system. • 3.Demonstrate
personal way of coping with stress for healthful living
3. 3. Stress • Stress is simply a reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our physical or mental
equilibrium. In other words, it's an omnipresent part of life. A stressful event can trigger the
“fight-or-flight” response, causing hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol to surge through
the body.
4. 4. Stress as Stimulus,Response and Relational • Aside from being a reaction( or response)
Stress is also a stimulus as well as a relational condition between persons and the situations
they are in ( Feist and Rosenberg 2012). • Stress as a response is the way the body reacts
to challenging situations. This involves the interactions between the hormones, glands and
nervous system where the adrenal gland drives the production of cortisol or better known as
“Stress hormone”
5. 5. Health Stress • Stressors have a major influence upon mood, our sense of well-being,
behavior, and health. Acute stress responses in young, healthy individuals may be adaptive
and typically do not impose a health burden. However, if the threat is unremitting, particularly
in older or unhealthy individuals, the long-term effects of stressors can damage health.
6. 6. School Demands and Expectations • Quizzes and Tests ,homework and projects,oral
recitation,quartely and final exams and grades most especially ,epitomize the kind of
stressors adolescents have when it comes to studying.
7. 7. Selecting a school,College Course or Career
8. 8. Separation Anxiety
9. 9. College life
10. 10. Romantic Relationship or the lack of it
11. 11. Family Demands and Expectations
12. 12. Health Concerns
13. 13. Demands of Social life
14. 14. Bullying
15. 15. Coping may also be a combination of both problem focused and emotional- focused
remedies
16. 16. 9 Reasons Why You're 'Bagsak‘ in school
17. 17. Nobody wants to fail... • Young people don’t plan to fail in college. Yet for some reason,
many parents and students ask the same question. Why do young people fail in school?
18. 18. 1. Wrong Priorities (puro ka love life)
19. 19. 2. You go to school for the wrong reasons and selected the wrong major/ degree
20. 20. 3. Your skills does not match your chosen major/degree
21. 21. 4. You cannot assume responsibility (puro ka puyat, then matutulog sa school)
22. 22. 5. Family problems
23. 23. 6. Procrastination
24. 24. 7. Poor attendance
25. 25. 8. Poor time management
26. 26. 9. Willingness to pursue field of study
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