Title: Psychology of Stress, Health, and Coping

Location: US

Company: American Psychological Association

About this course:
If you’re like most people, you have quite a few questions about stress, such as: What about a situation can make it feel stressful? Can changing my thoughts about the situation decrease the stress I’m feeling? What effects is stress having on my mind and body? Is stress making me sick? Can stress be good for me? And how can I cope with stress and grow from the experience?

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This course, Psychology of Stress, Health, and Coping, will help you find the answers to these questions and more by walking you through the scientific literature that focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of stress. Topics we will cover include why the same situation will cause some people profound stress and other people no stress at all, how stress can keep us from being the best version of ourselves, and how our bodies often overreact to stress in ways that cause short-term physical effects such as headaches and sleep difficulties, but also long-term physical effects such as chronic inflammation that makes us vulnerable to many diseases. Most importantly, we will discuss how you can lessen your stress levels, what you can do to decrease the negative impact stress has on you, and how you can grow after the stressor has ended.
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Created by the American Psychological Association, written by experts in the field, and based on decades of psychological and biological science, Psychology of Stress, Health, and Coping will be a valuable resource for anyone trying to understand stress and improve their ability to cope with it.

You will learn to:

Describe the nature of stress.

Identify common symptoms of stress.

Describe the psychological consequences of stress.

Describe the social consequences of stress.

Describe the physiological consequences of stress.

Explain how to reduce the impact of stress on daily life.

Stress is an unavoidable part of everyday life that can interfere with our thinking, strain our relationships, and even physically harm our bodies. In Psychology of Stress, Health, and Coping, you will learn about the psychological and physiological causes of stress, as well as the consequences of stress for your mind and body. The course concludes with sections on how you can minimize the negative effects of stress and find strategies to benefit from and grow after stressful experiences.

Duration: 8 weeks

Skills:
- Biology
- Psychology
- Scientific Literature

Curriculum:
- Describe the nature of stress.
- Identify common symptoms of stress.
- Describe the psychological consequences of stress.
- Describe the social consequences of stress.
- Describe the physiological consequences of stress.

- Explain how to reduce the impact of stress on daily life.