Coping with Stress in

Middle and Late

Adolescence
Personal Development
Grade 11
 Reminders:

(1) Find a comfortable and quite place for you to be

able to concentrate with our lesson;

(2) On your notebook, write the concepts about the

lessons;

(3) Listen carefully and participate attentively with

our activities and discussion.

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 Module 5

Coping with Stress in

Middle and Late
Adolescence
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 Reminders:

After our session, you are expected to :

1. Recognize the sources of one’s stress;

2. Illustrate the effects of stress on one’s system; and

3. Identify personal ways of coping with stress for

healthful living.

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 Module 5

Coping with Stress in

Middle and Late
Adolescence
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 How are you feeling?

✘ anxious? ✘ Worried?

✘ Helpless? ✘ Guilty?

✘ Low? Stress? ✘ Overwhelmed?

✘ Frustrated? ✘ Fearful?

✘ Lonely? ✘ angry?

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What is stress?
 Stress according to its defenition

1. Stress is the reaction of the mind and body to

stimulus that causes tension on the well-
being and disturbs the state of calm or
equilibrium of a person.

2. Stress is now understood as a way of life crisis

(Masih & Gulrez, 2006) affecting any
individual regardless of their developmental
stage (Banerjee & Chatterjee, 2016).

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 Stress according to its defenition

 Quoted by Oxington in Psychology of

Stress, saying that there would be no life
without stress.
 According to Oxington, stress is an
inevitable result of life.

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 Stress According to Psychologist…

Beneficial Stress
 The stress that can be beneficial and
helpful to individuals when a small and
sporadic amount of stress occurs

Destructive Stress
 The stress that can be destructive to both
physical and mental head when excessive
of stress sustained over lengthy period.

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 Three views
about stress…
 3 views about stress
Stress as STIMULUS
Caused by situations (which often called
stressors) that may be life threatening or life
changing.

Examples:
Car accident, breakup with boyfriend or
girlfriend, and separation from loved ones.

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 3 views about stress
Stress as RESPONSE
The way the body reacts to challenging situations.
Adolescent’s physical response to stress is faster
than that of an adult.
Prolonged or chronic situations that involved both
cortisol and norepinephrine affect the body to wear
down fast.
Example:
Your mother is too stressed due to financial
instability and it causes her to higher blood pressure.

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 3 views about stress
Stress as RELATIONAL
Assessment here means that when a person
allows reasoning to prevail and weigh the
relevance or irrelevance of situation.

Example:

a flight delay.

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 The Healhty Stress

Healthy stress can motivate,

energize, and produce fruitful
actions.

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Stressors of middle
and late adolescent
Stressors of middle and late adolescent

External Stressors
Comes from the outside of you like
certain situations and people.

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Stressors of middle and late adolescent

Internal Stressors
Coming from within your thoughts
that caused you to feel fearful about the
future and personal beliefs, which
include your own expectations.
Example: Negative self-talk, Unrealistic
expectations

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 Possible Sources of Stress for Teenagers
1. School demands (test and homework) and frustrations

2. Negative thoughts and feelings about themselves

3. Change is their bodies

4. Problems with friends and/or peers at school

5. Unsafe living environment or neighborhood

6. Separation or divorce of parents

7. Chronic illness or severe problems in the family

8. Death of a loved one

9. Moving or changing schools

10. Taking on too many activities

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Stress Responses

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Coping with Stress in Middle and Late Adolescent

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How do we Cope-up
with Stress?
How do we Cope-up with Stress?

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 Teens can handle stress with the following
behaviors and techniques.

1. Exercise and eat regularly.

2. Avoid excess caffeine intake which can increase feelings of
anxiety and agitation.
3. Avoid illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
4. Learn relaxation exercise (abdominal breathing and muscle
relaxation technique).
5. Develop assertiveness training skills. For example, state
feelings in polite firm and not overly aggressive or passive
ways: (“I feel angry when you yell at me” “please stop yelling”).

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 Teens can handle stress with the following
behaviors and techniques.

6. Rehearse and practice situations which cause stress. One

example is taking a speech class if talking in front of class
makes you anxious.
7. Learn practical coping skills. For example, break a large task
into smaller, more attainable tasks.
8. Decrease negative self-talk: challenge negative thoughts
about yourself with alternative neutral or positive thoughts.
“My life will never get better” can be transformed into “I may
feel hopeless now, but my life will probably get better if I work
at it and get some help”.
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 Teens can handle stress with the following
behaviors and techniques.

9. Learn to feel good about doing a competent or good

enough job rather than demanding perfection from
yourself and others.
10. Take a break from stressful situations. Activities, like
listening to music, talking to a friend, drawing, writing,
or spending time with pet, can reduce stress.
11. Build a network of friends who help you cope in a
positive way.

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 Performance Task
Make a poster of the things you would like
to do with your family and friends once
things get back to normal.

RUBRICS
Creativity 20 points
Uniqueness 20 Points
Relatedness to the topic 10 points
Total - 50 points

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