Stress: Its Nature and Management

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SELF-ESTEEM ASSIGNMENT

Purpose: Self-esteem plays a critical role in our lives. The purpose of this assignment is to help you learn more about self-esteem and how it affects our lives and ability to manage stress. Another purpose of the assignment is to learn more about our emotional and mental well-being. Information contained in Chapters 5, 6, and 8 of the textbook may be helpful in completing this assignment.

Assignment: Read, summarize, apply, and critique two issues of Life Esteem newsletter.

• First, read about the Essentials of Self-Esteem.
• Second, read another Life Esteem newsletter on a topic that is of interest to you.
• Third, for each newsletter write a summary and critique including the following information:
• Title of article
• Summary, including key points
• New insights gained from reading this newsletter (what new information did you learn from reading this newsletter?)
• Cognitive Restructuring - how could you use cognitive restructuring to incorporate this information into your life and reduce the stress you experience? (refer to the information in Chapter 8)
• Application to stress management (refer to Chapters 5, 6, and 8)
• Critique of newsletter

Each paper should be 4 to 5 pages in length. Submit both papers at the same time, but as separate files.

Submission: Submit your paper using the CourseInfo Student Drop Box.

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