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responses 2002 ('98) |
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| y8
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| 1.
Sometimes people say they are “stressed out”. What do you think being “stressed” means? Prompt: How might someone feel when they are stressed? |
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marked] |
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| After
the student has answered, say: When a person is stressed they often feel very anxious or uptight, and they can’t always think clearly or do things as calmly and sensibly as they might like. When the stress is really serious and keeps on going, it can be very harmful to a person’s health. 2. What are some of the things that might cause someone to get stressed? |
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| Causes
of stress mentioned: |
serious
errors/failures (e.g. crime, legal problems)
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2
(2) |
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general
anxiety about things |
13
(17) |
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too
many things to do |
55
(55) |
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unemployment
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4
(6) |
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poor
health |
14
(22) |
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too
little money or belongings |
10
(5) |
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housing
or transport problems |
3
(3) |
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mistreatment
by or disagreement with others |
8
(11) |
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lack
of people who love/support person |
2
(3) |
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problems
arising from behaviour of others |
61
(60) |
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big
life changes |
13
(6) |
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| 3.
Imagine that a friend was feeling really stressed because they had so
much to do, everything seemed to be going wrong, and things just didn’t
seem to be getting any better. How could you help this friend? Try to tell me three things that you would suggest to your friend to help them deal with their stress. I’ll write down your ideas as you think of them. As the student says each idea, record it and read it aloud. Where 2 or more ideas are given as one, suggest that they be written separately. |
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| Ways
of helping: |
timeout/relaxation/recreation
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70
(64) |
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giving
help with tasks |
37
(53) |
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talking
and encouraging |
51
(51) |
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making
choices/managing time better |
27
(28) |
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getting
professional help |
15
(22) |
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| 4.
Of these ideas, which one do you think might be the most helpful? Tick the chosen idea. |
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| 5. Why do you think that would be most helpful? | |||||||||||||
| Justification
of choice of most helpful idea: |
strong
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24
(20) |
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moderate
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63
(67) |
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weak
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13
(13) |
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Total
score: |
8–18 |
6
(6) |
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6–7
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30
(35) |
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4–5
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48
(43) |
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0–3
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16
(16) |
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| Commentary Students saw the main causes of stress to be work overload and problems arising from the behaviour of other people. The preferred solutions were relaxation and verbal encouragement. There was little change between 1998 and 2002. |
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