measured depression‚ anxiety and stress. All students were required to participate. They were asked to complete an online questionnaire‚ formally known as DASS (Depression‚ Anxiety and Stress Scale). The 467 participants answered all the questions provided in the questionnaire based solely on how applicable the questions were to their levels of depression‚ anxiety and stress. The results that were obtained show that females were more likely to experience higher levels of anxiety and stress rather than
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Today I wanted to discuss a topic that has been on my mind for some time now. The topic is Anxiety and Depression. At least everyone knows someone who suffers from this‚ whether it’s your loved one‚ friend‚ or maybe even yourself. With this in mind‚ I wanted to introduce massage therapy‚ and how massage can help reduce or ease some of that stress tension. There was a research study conducted by The Touch Research Institute in 1996‚ which proved just how effective massage therapy has been. In the
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blank out‚ freeze up‚ zone out or feel so nervous that you can’t get yourself together to respond to those questions that you knew the answer to when you were studying. If any of you have ever experienced these symptoms you may have a case of test anxiety. This is not a feeling that is impossible to overcome‚ it is going to take some practice‚ but eventually when a teacher mentions a test you won’t get that sick feeling anymore. You should begin by preparing yourself very thoroughly. You should
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Anxiety All of us have some experience‚ of how and what anxiety feels like – e.g. our heart beat increases before a big event‚ we get butterflies in our stomach at exam time‚ we worry and get upset over family problems‚ we are concerned about our performance and looks at special occasions‚ or we feel nervous at the time of asking the boss for a raise etc.‚ etc. We are anxious just about anything. Actually‚ these are natural reactions related to our concerns about future. It is a fact‚ that anxiety
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A Test Anxiety Inventory Taken from: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~mueller/tai-form.html Directions: Read each item below to see if it reflects your experience in test taking. If it does‚ place a check mark on the line next to the number of the statement. Check as many as seem fitting. Be honest with yourself. ___ 1. I wish there were some way to succeed without taking tests. ___ 2. Getting a good score on one test does not seem to increase my confidence on other tests. ___
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Anxiety and Depression Do you ever feel like you’re not good enough? Do you ever feel emotionally numb? Are things losing their interest? Well you might be one of the “lucky” millions who have either anxiety or depression. Anxiety and depression affect your life in every way. Different things trigger these sudden feelings and when you get into them you could be lost for days. Here are things that triggered it for me‚ some of the things that changed in my life and how I would react to try to feel
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Sexual Disorders Throughout different cultures and different situations‚ many people have various opinions and ideas about what is considered normal or abnormal sexual behavior. Most people agree that there is a universal interest in sex that is shared amongst all people. Throughout the late twentieth century‚ as psychologists became more aware of the diversity of “normal” sexual behaviors‚ they increasingly narrowed their definition of abnormal sexual behavior (Morris & Maisto‚ Psychology: An
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PLR – Acknowledging Anxiety Tonight we learnt about anxiety and how it can affect us. Anxiety is a state of displeasure‚ fear or concern. Anxiety is normal when reacting to stress but when anxiety becomes excessive it can affect a person’s life for the worse. Fear is a natural behaviour when a threat is present whereas anxiety is usually related to a feeling of loss on control or an unavoidable situation. An example of this would be going out in public‚ this is an unavoidable situation but
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Just like test anxiety‚ library anxiety is a real problem that affects many new college students. “Comparing the issue to math and test anxiety gives context to the issue and supports the idea that such a problem can be quite debilitating‚ especially for students who are required to use specific library resources by course instructors” (Brown‚ 2011). More than ever‚ college professors are requiring their students to perform research in the college library. College libraries however‚ can be an
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Eating Disorder April R. Gaines Alcorn State University Eating Disorder An eating disorder is when a person experiences severe changes in eating behavior‚ such as a very low dose of food intake or a high dose of overeating‚ or worry about body weight or shape. A person with an eating disorder begins eating smaller or larger amounts of food than usual and then the situation gets out of control. Eating disorders are very complicated; the biological‚ behavioral and social
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