The document discusses coping with stress during middle and late adolescence, emphasizing the importance of recognizing stress sources, understanding its effects, and identifying personal coping strategies for better health. It outlines various stressors that teenagers may face, including academic pressures, negative self-perception, and family issues, while presenting healthy coping techniques such as exercise, relaxation exercises, and building supportive friendships. Additionally, it encourages creative expression through activities like poetry to explore personal coping mechanisms.

1. Coping with
Stress in Middle
and Late
Adolescence
Personal
Development
Grade 11

2. 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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3. 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.

5. Module 5
Coping with Stress in
Middle and Late
Adolescence
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6. How are you feeling?
✘ anxious?
✘ Helpless?
✘ Low? Stress?
✘ Frustrated?
✘ Lonely?
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✘ Worried?
✘ Guilty?
✘ Overwhelmed?
✘ Fearful?
✘ angry?

7. What is
stress?

8. 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).
Stress according to its
definition
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9.  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.
Stress according to its
definition
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10. 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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11. Three
views
about
stress…

12. 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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13. 3 views about stress
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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.

14. 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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15. The Healhty Stress
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Healthy stress can motivate,
energize, and
produce fruitful actions.

16. Stressors of
middle and
late
adolescent

17. Stressors of middle and late
adolescent
External Stressors
Comes from the outside of you like
certain situations and people.
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18. 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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19. 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

22. How do we
Cope-up with
Stress?

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How do we Cope-up
with Stress?

24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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Make a four-stanza poem about your own
coping mechanism when you’re feeling
stress, overwhelmed, and any other
emotions.
RUBRICS
Creativity 20 points
Uniqueness 20 Points
Relatedness to the topic 10 points
Total - 50 points
Activity Time!

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