4th Grading Mapeh7 L4

4th Grading Mapeh7 L4

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  Understanding Stress among Adolescents
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  Stress, whatever thesources, hampers the major functions of the body. Most of the youngsters face multiple problems in their life. Each individual has to cope with different kinds of pressure laid down by the society and family. Eustress means good stress. The term was coined by endocrinologist Hans Selye, consisting of the Greek prefix eu-meaning “good”, and stress, literally meaning “good stress”. Eustress was originally explored in a stress model by Richard Lazarus. It is the positive cognitive response to stress that is healthy, or gives one a feeling of fulfilment or other positive feelings. Eustress occurs when the gap between what one has what one wants is slightly pushed, but not overwhelmed. Distress is the most commonly referred to type of stress, having negative implications. Bad stress occurs when our coping mechanisms are overwhelmed by the stress and we do not function at our best.
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  Hans Selye arguedthat persistent stress that is not resolved through coping or adaptation should be known as distress, and may lead to anxiety, withdrawal, and depressive behaviour. Self-efficacy is one’s belief in one’s ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task or one’s judgement of how they can carry out a required task, action or role. Some contributing factors are a person’s beliefs about the effectiveness about their options for courses of action and their ability to perform those actions. Flow is an extremely productive state in which an individual experience their prime performance. The core elements are absorption, enjoyment and intrinsic motivation. Perfectionism, however is negatively related to flow. A person downplays their skill levels therefore making gap too big, and they perceive the challenge to be too large to experience flow. Mindset is a significant factor in determining distress versus eustress. Optimistic people and those with high self-esteem contribute to eustress experiences.
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  Methods of Copingwith Stress 1. Keep things in Perspective – Most of us tend to worry about things ones which we haven’t control. When we faced with worries and fears, try to look beyond the specific event. 2. Seek help if you cannot cope – You do not need to handle all of your problems alone. Coping with Dying and Death – It is important to realize that death is quite different from dying. Death is the end point, the event in which life ceases. But dying is an essential part of the life process. Death – is a legal event that calls for several formalities. A person is legally dead when there is either irreversible cessation of circulation and respiration or irreversible cessation and function of the entire brain including the brain stem. Child and Death – Children are often overlooked in times of grief. But death is a crisis that should be shared everyone in the family. Children may experience a silence and secrecy that isolate them from the rest of the family.
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  Thank you