Psychology:
STUDY MATERIALS
Readings
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Brunet. (2019). Stress: A social issue.
<https://www.brunet.ca/en/advices/stress-a-social-issue.html>
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018, August 22). Youth
risk behavior surveillance system (YRBSS)
<https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm>.
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Cohut, M. (2018, April 10). Even minor stress can impact long-term
health, study warns
<https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321450.php>. Medical News
Today.
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Scott, E. (2019, July 10). How you can manage psychosocial stress
<https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-psychosocial-stress-3145133>.
Verywell Mind.
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Karimzade, A., & Besharat, M. A. (2011). An investigation of the
relationship between personality dimensions and stress coping styles.
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281101980X>
Procedia
- Social and Behavioral Sciences, 30, 797–802.
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Cleveland Clinic. (2017). Acute vs. chronic pain.
<https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/12051-acute-vs-chronic-pain>
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Sein, M. T. (2018). Acute vs. chronic pain.
<https://www.pain-health.com/conditions/chronic-pain/acute-vs-chronic-pain>
Veritas
Health.
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Felman, A. (2017, July 27). What is pain and how do you treat it?
<https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145750.php> Medical News
Today.
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WebMD. (n.d.). Pain management: Alternative therapy.
<https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/pain-management-alternative-therapy#1>
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Singer, J., & Adams, J. (2014, May 22). Integrating complementary and
alternative medicine into mainstream healthcare services: The perspectives
of health services managers.
<https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6882-14-167>BMC
Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 14.
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Ernst, E., & Fugh-Berman, A. (2002). Complementary and alternative
medicine: What is it all about?
<https://oem.bmj.com/content/59/2/140> Occupational
and Environmental Medicine, 59,140–144.
Discussion Forum question:
Discuss how the short-term and long-term effects of stress, anxiety,
tension, and depression might affect one of the following groups: latchkey
children, newly separated couples, or students beginning a new
undergraduate or graduate school program.
Written Assignment:
We all experience various levels of pain in our lives. This assignment will
explore the connection between stress, anxiety, and pain. Write a paper in
which you discuss the following:
- What is the difference between acute and chronic pain? When does acute
pain become chronic pain?
- Are acute pain and chronic pain treated differently? What are some
ways they are treated?
- Is there a connection between stress, anxiety, and acute and chronic
pain? Explain.
- Describe one of your most recent experiences with pain. Was it more of
a mental feeling, such as with stress? Or was it more physical?
- What kind of treatment did you seek out? Did it help? Do you prefer
traditional or nontraditional/alternative methods for pain management?
- How did your pain affect you? Did it prevent you from doing any of
your day-to-day activities?
Your paper should be 800 words (approximately 3 pages, excluding the cover
page and references). Use double spacing and a 12 point font, and include
at least two sources other than those in the reading assignments. All
references should be included on a separate page and formatted using APA
style.
Rubric:
Description of acute and chronic pain
You clearly and accurately explain the difference between acute and chronic
pain; you adeptly describe the ways they are treated.
You satisfactorily explain the difference between acute and chronic pain;
you describe the ways they are treated.
You unclearly explain the difference between acute and chronic pain; you
partially describe the ways they are treated.
You inaccurately explain the difference between acute and chronic pain; you
insufficiently describe the ways they are treated.
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Connection between pain and stress/anxiety
You clearly and accurately explain the connection between stress, anxiety,
and acute and chronic pain.
You satisfactorily explain the connection between stress, anxiety, and
acute and chronic pain.
You incompletely explain the connection between stress, anxiety, and acute
and chronic pain.
You insufficiently and/or inaccurately explain the connection between
stress, anxiety, and acute and chronic pain.
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Personal experience with pain
You clearly describe a personal experience with pain; you effectively
discuss the method(s) of treatment you used and whether or not it helped.
You describe a personal experience with pain; you discuss the method(s) of
treatment you used and whether or not it helped.
You unclearly describe a personal experience with pain; you sketchily
discuss the method(s) of treatment you used and whether or not it helped.
You carelessly describe a personal experience with pain; you ineffectively
discuss the method(s) of treatment you used and whether or not it helped.
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Documentation in APA style
Your paper has outstanding support: you meet or exceed the minimum
requirement for number of references; your sources are all credible; and
you faultlessly attribute them in APA style.
Your paper has appropriate support: you meet the minimum requirement for
number of references; your sources are generally credible; and you
satisfactorily attribute them in APA style.
Your paper has minimal support: you meet the minimum requirement for number
of references; some of your sources are credible; and your use of APA style
has numerous small errors.
Your paper has inadequate support: you do not meet the minimum requirement
for number of references, and/or most or all of your sources are not
credible; your use of APA style has major errors.
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Mechanics
You write in complete, well-constructed sentences with faultless grammar,
word choice, punctuation, and spelling; writing is sharp, coherent, and
demonstrates sophisticated clarity.
You write in complete sentences with mostly correct grammar, word choice,
punctuation, and spelling; minor errors may exist but do not compromise
meaning.
You write in unclear sentences with significant errors in grammar, word
choice, punctuation, and spelling that may compromise meaning.
You write in incomplete, incomprehensible sentences filled with serious
errors in grammar, word choice, punctuation, or spelling.
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