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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Chapter 4: Stress
Critical Thinking Exercise: Evaluating Stress
Now that you have completed Chapter 4, take your learning a step further by using your critical thinking skills to analyze your stress levels.
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Using the College Undergraduate Stress Scale, analyze potential stressors in your life. How do you compare to the average college student score of 1,247? What does this scale tell you about your current stress level based on the previous year?
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Consider a typical day in your life. How might you categorize your thoughts or behaviors in relation to daily hassles or uplifts? Which are most prominent in your life or impact you the most? Why and how?
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If you are currently employed, complete the Gallup Employee Engagement Questionnaire. What does your score tell you about your engagement level and how does this relate to your stress level? If you are not employed, skip this question or complete if for a previous job.
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How does overload, burnout, combining work and family, job demands, or social interactions in your life impact your level of stress?
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How can this analysis of various stressors or stressful events help you better cope with stress or create strategies to better handle future stressors? Brainstorm what you can do right now to better handle the stress identified in this exercise.
Your answer has been provisionally accepted. You'll get full credit for now, but your instructor may update your grade later after evaluating it.