Paul's Stress Case Study

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The cause of Paul’s stress seems to be that he tried to take on too many things at once. One way to have coped with the stress better would have been problem-focused coping. The problem here was that Paul had too much going on and many different stressors affecting him. By reducing the number of stressors or changing them to make them less stressful Paul wouldn’t have gotten to worn down.

2. Paul was academically talented, but in what ways may he have been lacking in practical and emotional intelligence?

Paul was a first generation college student and therefore had no information that he could have observed or modeled regarding college adjustment (practical intelligence). Paul may have been lacking the ability to accurately assess and express

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