In which we seek to confront the problem causing the stress

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Read the following scenario and answer the questions that follow:

Alena is thirty-five years old and is married. She has just signed up for a degree in Marketing at WOU. As she has been away from studies for a long time, she is concerned about how she can manage her many family and social responsibilities while attending university. She has two young children to take care of. In addition, she does not have a maid to help out with her housework. While she aims to do well in her studies, she also wants to be a good wife to her husband and a good mother to her two children. As she is experiencing a drastic change in her lifestyle now that she has enrolled as a student, she is feeling rather stressed out.

If you were Alena, what would you do to manage your time effectively so that you will be able to cope with your hectic schedule and study well at the same time? Discuss in about 600 words.

We have learned in Unit 4 of our course material that there are three (3) approaches to managing stress. As Alena, which two (2) approaches will you use to reduce your stress? Explain how you will do it in about 600 words.

• Action-oriented: In which we seek to confront the problem causing the stress, changing the environment or the situation.

• Emotionally-oriented: In which we do not have the power to change the situation, but we can manage stress by changing our interpretation of the situation and the way we feel about it.

• Acceptance-oriented: Where something has happened over which we have no power and no emotional control, and where our focus is on surviving the stress.

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