COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COPING METHODS WITH STRESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 5504 COPING METHODS WITH STRESS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 1

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIHA HÜLYA ERTEN CAN

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

To provide the student with the knowledge and skills to cope with stressful situations in her professional and personal development and to help the healthy / sick individual respond to stressful situations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defines the concept of stress, its causes, reactions to stress, cognitive aspects of stress, coping concepts and strategies.
2   Explains the relationship between stress-psychological resilience-crisis.
3   Defines the stress reactions and coping behaviors of himself and the people around him/her.
4   Evaluates the effectiveness of coping behaviors of himself and the people around him/her.
5   Identifies effective coping behaviors that can replace ineffective coping behaviors.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of Stress Reactions to Stress Problems Due to Stress
2 Coping -The Meaning of Coping -Factors Affecting Coping -Cultural Coping Methods
3 Data Collection on Coping According to FSO
4 Age Periods and Ways to Cope
5 Emotional and Body-related Coping Methods -Body-related Techniques -Cognitive Coping
6 Emotion and Body Coping Methods -Practice
7 Problem Coping Methods - Problem solving method
8 Time management
9 Behavioral Coping Methods - Coping with Anger
10 Coping with Life Events - Coping with Diseases - Crisis Management
11 Complementary methods for coping with stress
12 Self-Empowerment and Awareness Course Evaluation
13 Film
14 Film

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Study Speaking Kenneth Anderson
2. Baltaş, A., Baltaş, Z. Stres ve başa çıkma yolları. Remzi Kitabevi, 2000, Istanbul.
3. Onbaşıoğlu, M. Stresle Baş etmede zihinsel yöntemler. Türk Psikoloji Bülteni. 2004; 34-35
103-127.
4. Özer, K. Ben Değeri Tiryakiliği Duygusal Gerilimle Baş Edebilme. Sistem Yayıncılık. 2000
Şahin, N.H., Stresle başa çıkma olumlu bir yaklaşım. Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları 1994, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course
2. Readings

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

SHORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ARS MIDTERM EXAM
2 KSN ASSIGNMENT
3 YYS SEMESTER FINAL EXAM
4 YYBN SEMESTER FINAL COURSE GRADE ARS * 0.40 + YYS * 0.60
5 BUT Resit Exam Grade
6 BBN Resit Course Grade ARS * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

Assessment Criteria

1. The student should be able to define the concept of stress, its causes, reactions to stress, the cognitive aspect of stress, the concept of coping and strategies.
2. The student should be able to explain the relationship between stress-psychological resilience-crisis.
3. The student should be able to describe the stress reactions and coping behaviors of himself and the people around him.
4. The student should be able to evaluate the effectiveness of coping behaviors of himself and those around him.
5. The student should be able to identify effective coping behaviors that can replace ineffective coping behaviors.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

semihahulya.ertencan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 25

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.123
LO.233
LO.322
LO.413
LO.523

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