A. Attention Getter: Oh no you lost another job again. The rent is due Friday and you do not have enough. But wait you cannot go rest, you forgot to study for finals. Failing will definitely make you lose you scholarship. Everyone at some point or another has been through a situation similarly like this. Stressed to your limits, the moment when you just cannot handle any more stress.
B. Thesis: Stress on college students is caused by many different things and it has a lot of effects, but there are ways to manage stress using positive coping techniques and avoiding negative coping techniques.
1. Credibility or goodwill statement: I have been a college student for a semester and it has been one of the most stressful times I have been through and that is including high school.
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The concept of stress has been around for many years. One concept of stress was recognized by Walter Cannon. Walter cannon proposed the phrase “flight or fight response,” when faced with a situation we can automatically determine how we feel. As said in the journal of traditional medicine society, “feeling annoyed, overwhelmed, upset, excited or threatened determines what we can do about it. If we decide that the demands of a situation outweigh our coping skills, we are likely to unconsciously label it stressful.” To simply define, stress is the physical or emotional response to any adverse circumstance where you are not able to cope.
[Transition: Now that we have an understanding of what stress is, it is important to know the causes.]
III. Stress on college students can be caused by many different factors but there are two mainly high reasons of stress on college students. In an article from the “American Institute of stress,” there was a study on mental health by the associated press where it was found out that eight in every ten college students said that they experience or feel stressed in everyday lives.
A. The first cause of stress on college students was the academic
B. Thesis: Stress on college students is caused by many different things and it has a lot of effects, but there are ways to manage stress using positive coping techniques and avoiding negative coping techniques.
1. Credibility or goodwill statement: I have been a college student for a semester and it has been one of the most stressful times I have been through and that is including high school.
C. …show more content…
The concept of stress has been around for many years. One concept of stress was recognized by Walter Cannon. Walter cannon proposed the phrase “flight or fight response,” when faced with a situation we can automatically determine how we feel. As said in the journal of traditional medicine society, “feeling annoyed, overwhelmed, upset, excited or threatened determines what we can do about it. If we decide that the demands of a situation outweigh our coping skills, we are likely to unconsciously label it stressful.” To simply define, stress is the physical or emotional response to any adverse circumstance where you are not able to cope.
[Transition: Now that we have an understanding of what stress is, it is important to know the causes.]
III. Stress on college students can be caused by many different factors but there are two mainly high reasons of stress on college students. In an article from the “American Institute of stress,” there was a study on mental health by the associated press where it was found out that eight in every ten college students said that they experience or feel stressed in everyday lives.
A. The first cause of stress on college students was the academic