Assignment 2: Target Behavior Report

Stress and Its Management

Target Behavior Report (20% of total grade) week five-- You will reflect critically upon your targeted behavioral goals and learning within the first half of the course. The paper should use APA style, and be 6-8 pages, double-spaced, in 12-point font Times New Roman.

This paper will allow you to demonstrate what you have learned about stress management. First, choose at least 4-6 of the following assessments that you find most pertinent:

1) Assess your stress

2) Symptoms of stress

3) Perceived stress scale

4) Inventory of college students' recent life experiences

5) Ardell wellness stress

6) Student stress scale

7) Stress vulnerability questionnaire

8) Tombstone test

Next, pick two targeted behavioral change to track progress. For example, you may wish to add more sleep or more exercise to your routines, or reduce the amount of fast food you eat. You may want to join a new social group, or start practicing meditation. You will select two areas to work at. You will keep a running journal during weeks two and three on each respective goal.

Your write-up will consist of the following:

• Part 1: Introduction/Results of learning and assessments: Discuss key learning in first half of course, including a summary of key concepts and definitions that have impacted you thus far. Next, describe the specific assessments you chose, rationale behind your choice, and a summary of what you uncovered. Discuss your results. Did they surprise you? Do you agree or disagree? What was the overall impact? Finally, discuss your targeted behavioral change. What did you identify? How did you measure it? How did this impact your behaviors?

• Part 2: Target behaviors: Describe the two target goals, how you measured them, and what your results were. Discuss what interfered or helped facilitate your goals. Be sure to refer to your text to help you identify SMARTER goal setting methods. Submit a minimum of three excerpts from your journal entries.

• Part 3: Conclusion/Essential takeaways: What key insights did you develop? What is the most significant thing you learned from the experience of self-assessment and behavioral change and how is this relevant to our discussion of stress management? (Connect to course materials and discussion)