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Quarter 1 – Module 5:
Aspects of Personal Development
Coping with Stress in Middle and Late
Adolescence
Week 5
Personal Development – Grade 11
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Quarter 1 – Module 5: Aspects of Personal Development
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Coping with Stress in Middle and Late Adolescence

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Answer the 10-item Multiple Choice Pre-assessment Test. Encircle the letter of your
correct answer in each of the statement below:

1) Which of the following statements best describes stress among adolescents?

A) Enhanced Community Quarantine/General Community Quarantine
B) Academic work such as assignments and reading activities
C) Family conflict and financial problems
D) All of the above

2) The following are signs of behavioral changes due to stress among adolescents,
except;
A) feeling sick (headaches, shoulder pain, stomach aches, etc.)
B) seeming nervous or anxious
C) withdrawing from friendship groups or activities
D) refusing to go to school

3) Finding it hard to concentrate and losing the thread of thoughts or

conversations as well as making trouble remembering things are signs of;
A) physical stress C) psychological stress
B) mental stress D) behavioral stress

4) The following are cognitive functions of the left brain, except;

A) analytical Thoughts and Detail-Oriented perceptions
B) verbal, Math and Science and Planning skills
C) ordered sequencing
D) emotional thoughts

5) It refers to a complex and ongoing process by which differing regions of the brain
takes over the functioning of specific behaviors and cognitive skills.
A) Brain lateralization C) Stress Management
B) Brain hemisphere D) Powers of the Mind

6) Which of the following statements best describes emotionally intelligent person?

A) A person who understands only his/her emotions.
B) A person who understands his own and other people’s emotions and feelings
C) A person who understands what other people need and want.
D) A person who understands that life is changing over time.

7) The following are basic Emotional Quotient skills of an individual, except;

A) noticing other’s fault and weaknesses
B) noticing that there are more intelligent people
C) noticing that many people have mental health issues
D) noticing and accurately labeling everyday
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8) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) A high IQ (Intelligent Quotients) can predict top test scores; a high EQ
(emotional quotients) can predict success in social and emotional
situations.
B) A high IQ can predict emotional stability; a high EQ can predict social skills.
C) A high EQ can predict intellectual capacity; a high IQ can predict emotions.
D)A high EQ can predict social stability; a high IQ can predict physical prowess

9) Which of the following statements best describes managing one’s reactions in a

given situation?
A) Reacting to emotions in a way that is disrespectful, intense and impulsive.
B) Knowing when, where, and how to express yourself.
C) Knowing what to say and how to behave around.
D) Reacting to emotions in a way that is respectful, sober and cool.

10) Being aware of one’s emotions means:

A) labels one’s emotions and feelings as good or bad
B) understands that a person unpredictable, emotions and feelings change.
C) understands that a person needs to work on its emotions.
D) helps manage emotions and understands how other people feel.

Lesson 5 Coping with Stress in Middle and Late Adolescence

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Learning Objectives:

At the end of the week, it is expected that the learners must be able to:

1) discuss understanding of mental health and psychological well-being to identify

ways to cope with stress during adolescence;
2) identify causes and effects of stress in one’s life; and
3) demonstrate personal ways of coping with stress and
maintain mental health.

Let’s do the following activity

1) What school activities do you feel anxious or worried about? How did you cope
with that feeling?

2) How does stress affect your studies?

3) What are the causes of stress among teenagers? Discuss them briefly.

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4) How did you effectively handle or cope from stress?
 Kristine, a grade 11 GAS senior high school student has received her
second quarter written test results in all her academic subjects where she
scored lower than the passing percentage. Her first quarter performance was
splendid. When she was called by her adviser about the poor performance,
she revealed that she finds it difficult to understand her lessons and did not
make it in the test because she was sad and hopeless. She just lost her
mother and she finds difficult to move on. She needs to take care of her four
younger siblings and do the household chores.

Her father works in the city and goes home once a month. She doesn’t
know what to do. In fact, there was a moment when she wanted to take her
own life if not for her younger siblings. Tears came down from Kristine’s
eyes. The pains are so intense, the yearnings for her mother’s embrace are
so evident, and the cries of the little soul who is uncertain of what lies ahead
breaks everybody’s heart.

Answer the following questions succinctly.

1) What causes Kristine’s poor academic performance for the second quarter of the
academic year?

2) If you were Kristine’s classmate and friend, what would you do to comfort and help
her out of misery?

Stress is common among teenagers.

Recognizing stress and at the same time
learning how to reduce them are
important life skills for teenagers.
What is stress?
It is the way your body responds to
 them with attention, energy and strength.
It gets you ready for action. When you
feel you can cope with these challenges,
stress gives you the motivation to get
things done. But there can be problems
when your stress is greater than your
ability to cope.
What are the signs of stress to teenagers?

According to Penetrante (2016), there are behavioral, emotional,

physical, and mental signs of stress. Behavioral signs include withdrawal
from friendship groups or activities that the adolescent usually enjoys;
seemingly nervous or anxious; sleeping too little or too much; eating more
“comfort foods”; eating less; wanting to be by herself or himself more than
usual; crying; refusing to go to school; having emotional ‘ups and downs’ for
no obvious reason; having less energy than usual; drinking more caffeinated
products or taking over-the-counter painkillers – paracetamol, codeine or
ibuprofen; being aggressive; going down in schoolwork or results; not caring
about appearance; behaving differently in relationships with parents-for
example and suddenly not talking to you.

In addition, teenagers might also manifest some emotional changes

such as being cranky or moody; feeling sad, down or hopeless; feeling
worthless; finding it hard to relax or switch off; getting angrier more than
usual; feeling that ‘nothing’ is going right and on an ‘emotional rollercoaster
ride’.

Subsequently, there are also physical signs of stress such as; feeling
sick--- for example, headaches, shoulder pains, stomach aches, jaw pains;
not being hungry; feels more tired than usual, even if she’s getting enough
sleep; losing or gaining weight; getting frequent colds and infections; having
panic attacks, dizzy spells, and fast breathing.

Furthermore, stress can also affect the mental and thinking state of
the teenagers. Changes such as finding it hard to concentrate and stay
focused; losing the thread of thoughts or conversations; having trouble
remembering things; making snap decisions or errors in judgment; having
trouble organizing and planning or making decisions; and, getting confused or
irrational are observed among stressed teenagers.

What are the causes of stress?

For teenagers, stress may be caused by their academic worries, how

they can get ahead of school in times of Covid-19 Pandemic, looking after
and taking care of their younger siblings, household chores, their friends,
family conflict, Facebook and online concerns, how they look physically,
bullying, discrimination, some financial and economic issues in the family,
conformity with the peer groups, high personal expectations from parents,
teachers and friends, and the like.

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How to Cope with Stress?

There are suggestions on how an adolescent cope with stress from American
Psychological Journal (2014):

1. Get enough time for sleep. After doing

assignments, activities and hanging out with
friends, it can be hard to get enough sleep,
especially during school days. Ideally, adolescents
must get at least nine hours of sleep every night.
However, there is a need to cut back watching TV
or engaging in a lot of screen time in the evening to
maximize the change sleeping soundly.

2. Focus on your strength. Focus on your time

thinking about the things you are good at and
find ways to do more of those things. If you are
good in dancing, you might as well volunteer as
dance tutor in your school. Focusing on your
strengths will help you keep your stresses in
perspective.

3. Engage in physical activity. The most effective

stress reliever or busters is your physical activity.
Engage in any physical activities you enjoy and build
them into your routine.

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4. Do things that make you happy. Do whatever
you like or love to do (your hobbies) or just
listening to music, it relaxes you or seeing movies,
or anything which you may find interesting and
relaxing.

5. Talk to someone. Talk to your friends or anyone

whom you feel comfortable with or to trusted adults.
It helps you manage your stress. There are those who
felt relieved when they had shared their stories to
trusted friends and adults.

Try to answer the following questions succinctly.

1) What would you recommend or suggest to cope with stress?

2) How would you react to this statement by Lou Holtz: “It’s not the load that breaks
you down, it’s the way you carry it”?

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References

1) American Psychological Association (APA) 2014 Journal

2) Coren, Stanley. The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences
of Left-Handedness, Free Press, New York, 1992).
3) Penetrante, Marylendra (2016). Personal Development, CIB Cronica
BookHaus. Manila, Philippines

Online sources:

1) https://nspt4Kids.com/healthtopics-and-conditions-database/brain-
tateralization/https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/split.html
2) Light-hearted test for Emotional Quotient at
iVillage:
https://quiz.ivillage.co.uk/uk_work/testseqtest.htm
3) https://teenshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/EQ.html