Key Terms
Stressors for Teens
Managing Stress
100
Stressor
What is anything that causes stress?
100
life situations, environmental, biological, cognitive (thinking), personal behavior
What is a possible stressor for a teen? Name one
100
listening to music, exercising, spending time with family/ friends
What are ways to handle stress?
200
Perception
What is the act of becoming aware through the senses?
200
Alarm, Resistance, Fatigue
What are three stages of body's stress response?
200
use refusal skills, plan ahead, think positively, avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
What are the steps to avoiding and limiting stress?
300
chronic stress
What is stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a person's control?
300
Dilated, pupils, Increase perspiration, faster heart rate and pulse, rise in blood pressure, faster respiration, narrowing or arteries to internal organs and skin, increased blood flow to muscles and brain, increase muscle tension, release of blood sugar, fats and cholesterol
What are physical systems of an alarming response? Name three.
300
plan for test well in advanced for studying, learn to outline, take deep breathes during test, answer all questions, examine your mistakes
What are ways to overcome test anxiety?
400
State of Calm
What is relaxation response
400
Changes in body, illness, injury, disability
What are biological effects of stressors for teens?
400
practice relaxation techniques, redirect your energy, seek support
What proper way to handle stress and reduce its effects?
500
psychosomatic response
What is a physical reaction that results from stress rather than from injury or illness
500
get rest, regular physical activity, eat nutritious foods
What ways to stay healthy and build resiliency?
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