COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRESS MANAGEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 3019 STRESS MANAGEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ORÇUN YORULMAZ

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide awareness about stress, stress coping and management including nature of stress and adaptation, their impact on organization, various crtical variables on these processes and several events such as emotion and their regulation, grief process and posttraumatic growth in which adaptation can be easily observed

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to describe stress, coping and adaptation
2   Able to dicuss stress resources, ways of coping and their impact on individual
3   Able to define stress measurement techniques
4   Able to adaminister different stress management techniques to various conditions
5   Able to list stress and adaptation disorders
6   Able to explain adaptation processes to different stress resources

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the course, definitions of stress and adaptation
2 Stress reactions and stress pyhsiology
3 Critical variables in stress: Control appraisal
4 Personality traits and social support
5 Ways of stress assessment
6 Assessmernt of coping with stress
7 Stress management techniques
8 Attachment and emotions
9 Emotion regulation
10 Adjustment disorders
11 Disaster management
12 Posttraumatic growth
13 Grief process and adaptation to chronic illlnesses
14 Immigration

Recomended or Required Reading

Aldywin, C. M. (2007). Stress, Coping and Development. New York: Guilford Press
Smith, J., C. (2002). Stress Management: A Comprehensive Handbook of Techniques and Strategies. New York: Springer Publishing Company

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Homework
Question-answer
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-2: will be examined via midterm exam
LO3-6: will be examined via homework, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to the courses is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 15:30-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155454
LO.24545454
LO.3455545
LO.454544
LO.5545444
LO.654445555

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