1. Stress Management Assessment: Eliminating stressors (23) Developing resiliency (23) Short-term coping (9). A total score of 55 places me in the top quartile. The lowest area for me is in the skill area of short-term coping. 2. Time Management Assessment: Most frequent responses were level 4 with level 3 being second most common. In section 1 of the instrument, I scored 136 which places me in the top quartile and implies I am a better time manager in my personal life. In section 2 of the instrument
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Through all the assessments I’ve taken so far such as: What Is Your Jungian Typology? How Productive Are You? Locus of Control, I got results that didn’t surprise me because I figured that’s what I would’ve gotten. From the Are You Experiencing Burnout? Assessment I learned that I was quite stressed out. I feel like after living the same routine everyday it becomes a part of you. You get so used to it and that stress becomes a part of normal life. I work and go to school, which is hard alone, but
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Essay Causes & Effects of Stress in College Students Tracy Thomas Professor Evans ENG 115 March 20, 2014 "The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Survey estimates that mental disease, including stress-related disorders, will be the second leading cause of disabilities by the year 2020" (World Health Organization: 1990). In today's fast paced society it is common for people to experience stress in various aspects of their lives
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During times of our lives we deal with stress. For instance, we stress about things from home, financial situations, and jobs as well. I took two self-assessments based on How vulnerable am I to stress and Stressful events in my life. Based off the two assessments, it showed how stressed I was and couldn’t handle it. I know in dealt with stress in the past and also dealing with it right now. I try to find many ways with coping with my stress by exercising or doing other things to reduce the excessive
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Stress at Work A report prepared for The Work Foundation’s Principal Partners Ricardo Blaug Amy Kenyon Rohit Lekhi Contents Executive Summary Introduction 1. What is stress? 1.1 Defining stress 1. Explaining stress 1.3 Stress and ill-health 2. An epidemic of stress? .1 The extent of stress . The costs of stress .3 The victims of stress .4 The causes of stress 3. Why now? 3.1 Stress, work and contemporary life 3. Stress and happiness 3.3 Stress and social status 4. The sceptics 4.1
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Samantha Parker October 9, 2014 Personality Type Traits of an ENFP The results of my personality type assessment were ENFP which means extroverted, intuitive, feeling, and perceiving. After doing some research I realized the characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses were a very accurate judgment of my personality. It’s interesting that when a few simple questions are answered the consummation can sum up an entire personality of an individual. Some of the characteristics of my personality
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Reducing Stress in Young Adults with Burn Injuries Student ID #: 1358437 University of Alberta Reducing Stress in Young Adults with Burn Injuries Burn injuries affecting young adults (20-39 years old) can negatively affect their physical, emotional and psychological health, specifically creating stress. To achieve optimal health and equilibrium in the body, the body utilizes different mechanisms to ensure that it compensates and restores its function (Day et al., 2010). However, external or internal
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job such as a job in the human service fields. In this paper you will understand the factors of burnout as well as methods that can prevent burnout. Burnout can be physical, mental, or emotional problem that an employee can experience when under stress at their job (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2007). This does not just go for the employee but this can also been seen in the supervisors, managers, and owners. There are behavioral signs and symptoms of burnout. There are some physical signs that you can
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service field faces a major issue of burnout among their employees. In this paper I will define burnout and describe some of the factors of burnout. I will examine my own personality and share my reactions and responses to personal and work related stress. I will also discuss my response to an employee burnout as a human service manager. Burnout According to Johnson and Stone (1987), burnout refers to a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion resulting from involvement with people in
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January 28, 2013 Linda Latson Causes and Prevention of Burnout in Human Services Burnout is a serious problem that mostly occurs in high stress level jobs. Burnouts are very popular in the Human Services field since it contains a lot of high intensity jobs. The definition of burnout, what causes burnout, burnout prevention, personal reactions and responses to high-stress situations, and ways to reduce personal and work-related burnout will be discussed in this paper. Ideas of how to respond and react
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