Identify the statement whether the concept of the

stress and mental health is True or False.

_______1. Mental health includes psychological and
social well-being.
_______2. You can determine how to handle stress.
_______3. Mental health is important to adolescents.
_______4. People with high psychological well-being
are happy and satisfied with life.
_______5. Emotional instability creates low health
self-esteem.
 Answer the Perceived Stress Scale
1. In the last month, how often have you
been upset because of something that
happened unexpectedly?
2. In the last month, how often have you
felt that you were unable to control the
important things in your life?
3. In the last month, how often have you
0-never felt nervous and stressed?
1-almost never 4. In the last month, how often have you
2- sometimes felt confident about your ability to
handle your personal problems?
3- fairly often 5. In the last month, how often have you
4-very often felt that things were going your way?
 6. In the last month, how often have you
found that you could not cope with all
the things that you had to do?
7. In the last month, how often have you
been able to control irritations in your
life?
8. In the last month, how often have you
felt that you were on top of things?
0-never 9. In the last month, how often have you
been angered because of things that
1-almost happened that were outside of your
never control?
2- sometimes 10. In the last month, how often have you
3- fairly often felt difficulties were piling up so high that
you could not overcome them?
 Figuring Your PSS Score
First, reverse your scores for questions 4, 5, 7, and 8. On
these 4 questions, change the scores like this:
0=4, 1=3, 2=2, 3=1, 4=0
Now add up your scores for each item to get a total. My
total score is ____.
Individual scores on the PSS can range from 0 to 40 with
higher scores indicating higher perceived stress

 Scores ranging from 0-13 would considered low stress

 Scores ranging from 14-26 would considered moderate stress
 Scores ranging from 27-40 would considered high perceived
stress
OBJECTIVES
identify the causes and effects of
stress in one’s life
write a paragraph indicating a
situation where you felt stressed
and share it to the class
In psychology, stress is defined as
a feeling of emotional strain and
pressure.
 Stress can be defined as a state
of worry or mental tension
caused by a difficult situation.
 Stress is a natural human
response that prompts us to
address challenges and threats in
our lives.
 CAUSES of Good CAUSES of Bad
Stress
• having your first date Stress
• death of family members
• losing a job
• becomes number one in • failed to submit a task on
your class or time
• hospitalization
competitions
• illness/sickness
• during holiday seasons • sleep problem
• abused / neglected
• passing in your • separation of parents
examinations • conflict with peers
• additional allowance • physical appearance
• being bullied
• having outdoor • sexual abuse
activities together • traumatic experience
Environmental factors- stress occur when an event
or stimulus requires us to change in some way that
makes a change the living environment a stressful
experience.
Academic factors- class workload was
the main element of stress.
Physical factors- deal with health issues
which are the concern of everyone. Stress can
lead to physical symptoms including headaches,
upset stomach, elevated blood pressure, chest
pain, and problems sleeping.

Emotional Factors- involve emotional

problems (depression, anxiety, anger, grief,
guilt, low self-esteem) Taking care of an elderly
or sick family member.
 Effects of
good effects of positiveStress
stress
 benefit good health / create good immune
system
 increases performance
 become more responsible
 handle things lightly
 enhance memory
 drive to surpass the previous achievement
 improve decisions
 help someone to grow more with a pleasant
attitude
 have a positive view for the future
 Some of the bad effects of negative stress

1. Depression 10. Irritability

2. Aggressive behavior 11. Withdrawal from people
3. Suicidal tendency 12. Changes in sleeping and
4. Involvement in fighting eating habit
5. Involvement in gambling
6. Taking alcohol and drugs
7. Early marriage
8. Peer pressure
9. Develop fatigue
 What are some signs that a teen or
adolescent is suffering from stress?
• Increased complaints of headache, stomachache,
muscle pain
• Crying most of the time
• Withdrawal from people and activities
• Increased anger or irritability
• Feelings of hopelessness
• Chronic anxiety and nervousness
• Changes in sleeping and eating habits
• Lack concentration
• Experimentation with drugs or alcohol
 Stress can be overcome
through

• Looking for someone to talk with like friends, family

and relatives and share your problems with them.
• Think positive that you can handle your stress.
• Take time to relax by exercising and having a workout.
• Do things that are important one at a time.
• Get proper sleep.
• Train your mind by thinking that all things will get well.
• Face your fears.
• Work on your worst scenario and expect that
something good will happen.
• Focus on what you can control and let go things that
are incontrollable.
• Lower down your standard as long as it will not ruin
your plans/ambitions.
• Have a break and engage in enjoyable activities.
• Accept yourself as you are because you are peculiar.
• Identify your unique strengths and focus much on
them.
• Remember that you are made for a reason and you are
part of the intricate plan of your creator.
Identify at least 3 stressors or the causes of stress you are
currently experiencing and the effects of stress in your life.
Start thinking a situation where you felt stressed (good or bad)
from the past week/month. Identify them under the different
sources labeled below and share it to the class.

Environmental Factor Academic Factor Physical Factor Emotional Factor

 QUIZ NO. 6
Test I: Write True or False on the space provided before the number.
________1. Are stress and anxiety different from each other?
________2. Can being easily annoyed and usually irritable be an emotional warning sign of
little stress?
________3. Can managing your time help you cope up with stress?
________4. Is Adaptive stress helps you rise to life’s challenges?
________5. Stress CAN NOT be avoided?
________6. Mary said that she can’t do anything about her stresses. She added that she has to
bear it. Does Mary think right?
________7. Edna got irritated with her sister. Oftentimes she shouts at her, but after shouting,
you may see her crying, and refrains from talking to her family. Does she experience stress?
________8. Is stress a physical and mental response of the body to inputs that disturb the
balance in our well-being?
________9. Is stress a simple reaction to an input that disturbs physical and mental balance?
_______10. Is a positive stress bad?
TEST II: Choose the Letter of the correct 14. Which is NOT true about stress?
answer. A. If you ignore stress, it will go away.
11. Which is NOT an example of the good B. Women appear more distressed than men.
stress?
C. Stress is a hormonal response from the body.
A. motivate individual to pursue his goal
B. create positive effect in every human D. Stress can overburden your mind with incessant
worries.
endeavor
C. boost someone’s morale 15. Grace is a very workaholic. She works more than
D. decrease good immune system 10 hours a day. She said that nothing bad can happen
to her from too much stress. What right advice can you
12. Which one defines “dystress”?
can tell her?
A. improves performance
B. focuses energy A. You take your rest every other day.
C. feels exciting B. It is okay to work 10 hours a day to earn more
D. Refers to bad stress. money.
13. Which one defines “eustress”? C. Too much stress can lead to physical and mental
A. Refers to good stress health.
B. focuses energy D. Being workaholic is a good habit but working
C. refers to bad stress beyond time is not good
D. Refers to good stress. for your health.
Assignment

1. Interview your family members, friends, and relatives

who experienced a threatening or challenging event.

2. Compare and contrast the reactions of those who

experienced the event as threatening with those who
viewed the event as challenging.