Chapter 14 Health and Stress – Case Study (14 marks)
Rationale: Given the role that stress plays in our lives, students are well-served by considering the symptoms of stress and the differences between adaptive and maladaptive coping.
Instructions: Read the Stress Case Studies below and answer the questions that follow.
Stress Case Studies
Read the following case studies, which detail typical daily routines.
Case study 1
Pawan (38) works as an administrator and lives with his daughter, Aneela (8), in Vanier. This is his typical day:
6.30am: Get up, prepare two packed lunches and start getting Aneela ready. Chase around with sports kit and try to do some housework including putting on a load of washing. Coerce Aneela into some clarinet practice (ten minutes arguing, resulting in three minutes practice).
8.00am: Drive Aneela to school then continue to work, a distance of about 10 miles, worrying about Aneela left in an almost deserted playground.
9.00am: Work starts, but I am often late. Breakfast is a sandwich. It is not particularly a stressful job and I enjoy it, but I have been there six years and I really need to earn more money or try something different. For practical reasons it would be difficult for me to change so I do get frustrated.
5.00pm: Collect Aneela at 5.30. She does activities three days, and on the other two I leave work at 3.00pm.
6.30pm: Cook dinner and encourage Aneela to do her homework.
8.00pm: Aneela puts herself to bed while I catch up on bills, paperwork, and housework. When things get really bad, two or three times a year, I get a horrible racing heartbeat and shoulder pains as I get very tense in my neck and back. I then start to feel permanently anxious. My biggest stress is feeling that I cannot devote enough time to Aneela, mainly because of work. I used to see friends on a regular basis but now I rarely bother as it’s another hassle and expense getting a babysitter for the evening. I knew early on that I would be bringing up Aneela on my own and we don't live near any family who could help me juggle a job and child. Sometimes it is hard to make ends meet. If Aneela is ill, I can't work, and my annual vacation, 25 days a year, doesn't cover the 13 weeks of school holidays. The company has been good about giving me unpaid leave but I have to take far too much. It’s difficult having to rely on friends, asking favours all the time makes me very tense.
Answer the questions below:
1.Life events – Identify ONE stressor that qualify as long term or life-changing.
2.Daily hassles - Identify TWO day-to-day stressors - the kind which almost everybody experiences every day.
Answer1- The biggest life changing event for him is bein a single dad. Taking care of Aneela, his daughter all alone.
Answer 2- Two daily stressors are- getting to work on time when you have to drop kids to school at time as well.
And if the job is not helping you make enough in order to meet ends, then that becomes a daily stressor.
Managing time, managing money, bills, cooking etc are some of the daily stressors too. Especially when you have no leisure time to spend with kids and friends.
Chapter 14 Health and Stress – Case Study (14 marks) Rationale: Given the role that stress...
Chapter 14 Health and Stress – Case Study (14 marks) Rationale: Given the role that stress plays in our lives, students are well-served by considering the symptoms of stress and the differences between adaptive and maladaptive coping. Instructions: Read the Stress Case Studies below and answer the questions that follow. Stress Case Studies Read the following case studies, which detail typical daily routines. Case study 1 Pawan (38) works as an administrator and lives with his daughter, Aneela (8), in...
Chapter 14 Health and Stress – Case Study (14 marks) Rationale: Given the role that stress plays in our lives, students are well-served by considering the symptoms of stress and the differences between adaptive and maladaptive coping. Instructions: Read the Stress Case Studies below and answer the questions that follow. Stress Case Studies Read the following case studies, which detail typical daily routines. Case study 2 Mel, 46, is a Business Analyst. She, her husband and three children aged 8,...
Chapter 14 Health and Stress – Case Study (14 marks) Rationale: Given the role that stress plays in our lives, students are well-served by considering the symptoms of stress and the differences between adaptive and maladaptive coping. Instructions: Read the Stress Case Studies below and answer the questions that follow. Stress Case Studies Read the following case studies, which detail typical daily routines. Case study 2 Mel, 46, is a Business Analyst. She, her husband and three children aged 8,...
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