For your final assignment, you will research a specific area of stress and its impact on human functioning. Some examples of the areas you may research are listed below:
After selecting your area of focus, research stress and its specific relationship to your chosen scenario. Respond to the following prompts:
Describe your area of focus. Why is it important to research this area? Why is it important to examine stress in this area?
Summarize the research studies you have identified. How do they relate to concepts of stress and human functioning?
How might stress in your selected area of focus specifically impact each of these areas? Support your statements with literature and the course text .
What could be the negative impacts of stress in each of these four areas for someone facing your selected scenario? Specifically examine the implications of stress in these areas for health & disease.
Identify at least three evidence-based strategies for coping with stress that would effectively support someone in your selected area of focus.
Provide examples of appraisal and re-appraisal that might be effective for management of stress in your chosen area of focus.
