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Health
Quarter 3 – Module 3a:
Stress
MAPEH – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 – Module 3a: Stress
First Edition, 2021

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 What I Need to Know

When most people are asked of the definition of health, they will most likely
relate it to the physical well-being of an individual. However, health is more than
looking healthy. Based on what you have learned in the previous modules,
health has different dimensions: physical, emotional, mental, social, moral-
spiritual, and environmental. Other than looking healthy, an individual must also
be feeling, thinking, and interacting healthily to achieve wellness.

In this module, we will give more attention on your mental and

emotional health. It will help you gain awareness on how your health is affected
with the way you think and feel. Here, you will discover that any imbalance in
your mental and emotional health may result to stress. Stress, as a response
of the body to a certain event or experience, has many sources: family, friends,
school, and community. Furthermore, you will also learn the two different kinds
of stress. In addition, you will work on activities that will let you identify the
stressful events in your life. Finally, this module will help you identify the people
who can help you in your stressful situations. https://bit.ly/3bj3Dvx

LEARNING COMPETENCY:

Explains the factors that affect the promotion of good mental health
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Explains that stress is normal and inevitable

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Differentiates stress from distress

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Identifies situations that cause feelings of anxiety or stress

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Identifies physical responses of the body to stress

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Identifies people who can provide support in stressful situations

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 At the end of the module, you should be able to:

 Recognize that stress is a normal part of life

 Point out situations that cause eustress and distress
 Develop trust towards the people who can provide support in stressful
situations

What I Know

Direction: Read the paragraph carefully and answer the questions in 2-3 sentences
only. Write your answers in your Health notebook.
Boyong who is now in Grade 7 is a consistent honor student. One day in school,
his Math teacher called his attention about his recent score in their summative test.
His teacher told him that he got a lower score than his previous exams. He was sad
about it and worried on his grade. The reason why it happened because he spent
longer time playing an online game called Mobile Legends or ML than his studies. So,
to make his scores higher again he stopped playing ML and studied longer than he
did before. As a result, he got an outstanding grade and ranked “With High Honors”
and felt so much joy and happiness.
1. The paragraph described Boyong’s thoughts and feelings towards different
situations. What do you call the dimension of health that deals with the person’s
thoughts and feelings?
2. When Boyong’s teacher announced that he got a lower score, he felt so sad
and worried. What do you call the response of one’s body from a certain
situation?
3. The story talked about Boyong’s experiences in both being happy and sad due
to some situations. His response to these sad and happy situations is called
stress. What are its two kinds?
4. The paragraph mentioned that Boyong’s sadness was due to his lower score in
the exam. What do you call the things that make a person stressed?
5. If that stressful situation will happen to you, mention a name of a person to
whom you will seek help or advice, then state your relationship with him/her.
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What’s In

According to the World Health Organization’s Ottawa Charter for Health

Promotion (1986), “Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living”.
This means that health is where we get our means to function normally in all the
things that we do. Health has six (6) dimensions which contribute to the total well-
being of a person. What are these dimensions? Copy the diagram below in your
Health notebook and complete it.

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6. E_V_ _ _ NM_N_
2. E_ _T_ _N_L
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3. M_ _T_L
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4. S_C_ _L

This module will focus on your 7. m_ _ t _l and 8. e_ _ t _ _ n _l health.

What’s New?
Task 1: DOODLE IT
In this activity, you will describe your mental and emotional health.
Materials/Equipment  Sample doodle art:

 Short bond paper

Drawing and/or coloring materials

Procedure:
1. Reflect on this question, “What are you
thinking and feeling right now?
2. Your answer to the question will be in a
form of doodle art. Use a sheet of short
bond paper to draw pictures or write words
and phrases.

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Task 2: Let’s Reflect!
For two (2) minutes, quietly reflect on the questions below. Write your answers
in your Health notebook.
a. Do the things you think and feel affect your everyday life?
b. How does your body respond to the things you think and feel?
c. When was the last time you got stressed?
d. What is stress?

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 What is It

Do you think that stress is always something negative? Actually, stress can
either be negative or positive!
Stress is defined as the physiological or physical and emotional responses to
a significant or unexpected change or disruption in one’s life.
It may also refer to “what you feel when you react to pressure, either from the
outside world (school, family, friends) or from yourself i.e., wanting to fit in, wanting
to do well in school.
The word stressor refers to the things that make a person stressed. Here are
some of the following stressors:
 homework and school (especially exams)
 expectations and pressure to do well at school from parents and family
 social relationships with friends
 extracurricular commitments
 lack of time – having too much to do, feeling unprepared or overwhelmed
 lack of sleep (parents.au.reachout.com)
There are two different kinds of stress- eustress and distress. Eustress refers
to a positive and healthy response of the body from a stressor. The prefix eu of
eustress is a Greek syllable which means positive. Eustress produces good effects
to one’s well-being. For example, a person, who studied for long hours then took and
got an outstanding grade in the exam, may feel happiness and enjoyment.
On the other hand, distress refers to a negative reaction of the body towards a
given stressor. The prefix di of distress is a Greek syllable which means negative.
Distress may cause problems in health, alter the mood and emotions, and even
affect the way a person thinks. For example, when a person woke up late for work,
he or she may feel anger and disappointment. https://bit.ly/2Ni3RLq
It is also very important that we should know the people whom we can seek
help when we are in a stressful situation. The following are some who can provide
support:
 Family
 Friends
 Guidance Counselors
 Teachers
 Barangay Health Workers

What’s more
Directions: Read the following situations. Draw a smiling face if you consider it as a
source of stress and a sad face if it causes distress. Place your
answers in your Health notebook.

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 1. Choosing a gift for a friend
2. Arguing with a classmate
3. Going to a new place
4. Having a newborn sibling
5. Getting a failing mark
6. Losing your money
7. Getting a birthday surprise
8. Attending a party
9. Witnessing a tribal dance
10. Watching a traditional program

What I Have Learned

Share your insights. Complete the following statements in your Health notebook.

I have learned that stress is ______________________________.

I have discovered that stress is not_________________________.

From now on, when I am in a stressful situation, I will seek help from
my_____________________

What I Can Do

This activity will help you enhance your learning on eustress and distress.
Materials needed:
 Short bond paper
 Drawing and/or coloring materials

Directions:
 On your bond paper, write a short story about your past experience which
contributed to your stress/distress. Choose only one kind of stress.
 Include a title of your short story.
 Put a drawing anywhere on the paper that will interpret the whole theme of
your story.
 You can add color to enhance your drawing.
 Make sure your story is readable and clear.

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 Rubric for the activity:
Level Clarity of message Creativity
10 Exceeded Exceeded
expectations expectations
8 Met most Met most
expectations expectations
6 Met some Met some
expectations expectations
4 Did not meet Did not meet
expectations expectations

Assessment

Directions: Identify the different concepts about stress. Look for your answers
from the word pool. Write the letter of the correct answer in your
Health notebook.

A. Distress B. Eustress C. Positive D. Stress E. Stressor

1. It is defined as the physical and emotional responses to a significant or

unexpected change or disruption in one’s life
2. It refers to the things that make a person stressed.
3. It refers to a positive and healthy response of the body from a stressor.
4. It refers to a negative reaction of the body towards a given stressor.
5. What do you mean by the syllable EU in the word Eustress?

Additional Activity

Recall your most distressful situation of your life. Write in detail the happenings
of that situation. Write all your answers in your Health notebook.
Answer the following questions:
1. Were you able to manage that distressful situation? Explain.
2. Who have given you support in that event of your life?
3. Do you love and trust that person? Why or why not?

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References
What I know What’s In
1. Mental and Emotional Dimensions 1. Physical
2. Stress 2. Emotional
3. stress and Distress 3. Mental
4. Stressor 4. Social
5. Answer may vary 5. Moral-spiritual
6. Environmental
7. Mental
8. Emotional
What’s New Assessment
Task 1. Output Task 2. Answers may vary 1. d
2. e
What’s more 3. b
Answers may vary 4. a
5. c
Output- Perform What I can Do
Answer Key
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