What is a Stress Journal?
It is star bright clear that the goal is to illuminate stressors.
Whether our definition of stress includes environmental demands, an appraisal of the demands, a response to the demands, or our ability to cope with the demands, it is important to become aware of the potential damage from stressors. A Stress Journal may be our first step in a line of defense by assisting us in increasing the awareness of the stresses and the responses we make to those environmental demands.
The etymology of the word journal comes from the French word journée which connotes a day's travel or a journey.[1] . Historically, early explorers recorded their journeys in order to orientate themselves so that they might make a safe return home. Likewise, we may find it useful to orientate ourselves on life's stressful journey by recording our daily stressors and responses we make to the environmental demands..
See sample below:
For full credit in your jour journal specify the type of the event which can be categorized as follows: psychological, physical, sociological, or philosophical.
Secondly, define stress, so that you can specify what type of intervention strategy you are applying.
For example:
1. Some people see stress as an event and are limited to the following choices:a. avoid it
b. alter it
c. accept it
2.Others see stress as a set of coping skills and use various skills, such as the following.
a. organization
b. time management
c. priority setting
do. diet control
e. aerobic activity
e. relaxation training
3. Others think of stress as a stimulus- response connection and apply reinforcement principles and reinforcement schedules as follows to reinforce and to extinguish stimuli.
a. fixed ratio schedule
b. fixed interval schedule
c. variable ratio
do. variable interval
e. rewards
f. punishments
4. Others see stress as a result of being out of touch with "Divine Spirit" or "Universal Law" and utilize the following in an attempt to get back in harmony.
a. prayer
b. meditation
c. other alter states of consciousness
Your journal needs to incorporate the definition you are using and the types of strategies that you are using. It should show the increase in your knowledge as you progress in the course.
Be sure and follow the format of the journal as illustrated below.Remember if you send all of the journal pages to me at once, then you do not have the option of correcting them to get full credit.. See the standards for assignments. http://www.green-river.com/online.htm