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Stress Management
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:26.08.2024 15:19:14
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUUK_220 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Pedagogy; General Pedagogy | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lāsma Spundiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 3 Cigorinu Street, suuk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67611559 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 9 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 18 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Secondary school level knowledge in Social sciences. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students' understanding of stress processes, their impact on people at the physiological, psychological and communication level, as well as the basic principles of stress management in relation to current stress situations (current stressors) both in individual level as well as the current situation in society context. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to stress theory. Physiological process of stress. Positive and negative stress. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Impact of stress on physical and psychological health. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | The role of emotions in the mechanism of stress. Regulation of emotions. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Occupational burnout syndrome. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Time management. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 6 | Crisis situations, understanding of stress reactions in a crisis, principles of crisis intervention. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Stress and personality. Factors forming individual stress reactions, their recognition. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 8 | Stress coping, regulation and management. Breathing, physical activity / relaxation, sleep, nutrition, social dimension, mental practices. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Stress reduction methods: autogenic training, meditation, visualization | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 10 | Stress management in recent research. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 11 | A set of stress prevention measures. Development and presentation of an individual stress prevention program. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Within the framework of independent work, students study literature, participate in group work and discussions, individually acquire and improve practical skills of stress management and perform exercises. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Active participation in classes – participation in discussions, presentation of individual and / or group independent work, performance of self-monitoring test after videolectures - 20% 2. Analysis of scientific research - 40% 3. Development of an individual stress management plan - 40%. The rating is given on a 10-point scale. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Gains knowledge about the mechanisms of stress, their impact on people, about the individual characteristics of the personality in relation to the impact of different stressors, about importance of emotions and the risk and prevention of emotional burnout, about stress management techniques and time management. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Can navigate stress theories. Can recognize stress reactions. Understands the causes of stress and their impact on physical and emotional health. Able to apply stress reduction techniques and their impact on improving physical and emotional health. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Able to recognize stress in themselves and perform the most appropriate stress management techniques, apply stress management techniques preventively to improve their stress resilience, is able to recognize stress reactions in others. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rība A. Laika menedžments: veiksmīgai darbībai un savas dzīves kontrolei. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2020 | ||||||||
| 2 | Roja Ž. Stress un vardarbība darbā. Ko darīt? Rīga: Latvijas Ergonomikas biedrība, 2016 | ||||||||
| 3 | Mārtinsone K., Miltuze A. Psiholoģija 2. Personība, grupa, sabiedrība, kultūra. Zvaigzne ABC, 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | Seljē H. Mana mūža stress. Jumava, 2012 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone K., Sudraba V. Veselības psiholoģija: teorijas un prakses starpdisciplinārā perspektīvā. RSU, 2019 | ||||||||
| 2 | Dispenza, Dž. „Atbrīvojies no ieradumu spēka!”. Rīga: apgāds „Lietusdārzs”, 2015 | ||||||||
| 3 | Gavaina, Š. „Radošā vizualizācija”. Rīga: apgāds „Zvaigzne ABC”, 2011 | ||||||||
| 4 | Kuzņecovs V. Stress un depresija. Rīga: Lietišķas informācijas dienests, 2010 | ||||||||
