Assignment 5: Stressors in your life.
Assignment 5: Stressors in your life.
Write 750 to 1100 words (3 to 4 pages), double-spaced with 1-inch
margins, addressing the following questions, based on the results
of your completed exercises and your reflections on the reading
from the textbook. Your paper should be formatted in APA style
with a title page, references page, citations, and headings, as
identified by each bold-faced point below. You are required to
include citations from both the textbook and at least one other
reputable source.
1.Top Stressors: Identify the top two or three stressors in your life.
Try to include an acute one, as well as a more chronic stressor.
Describe the intensity and duration of the stressor to support
whether it is acute or chronic.
2.Contributing Factors: What are the contributing factors to the
stressors? Provide context, such as cultural or sociological factors.
3.Health: Which aspect of your health do the stressors impact?
Physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual? Include any physical
symptoms, emotional responses, mental, and/or spiritual health
issues.
4.Stress Theory: An acute stressor will trigger the stress response
and chronic stress may lead to disease. Describe how this
happens using theory to explain the stress response and the
general adaptation syndrome. How might this apply to the

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