[00:00:00] Do you ever feel like youre drowning in stress? Researchers investigated the effects of different coping strategies on physiological and psychological stress reactions. Researchers evenly split 55 college physical education students into four coping groups, focus on positives, social supports, active coping, planning, evasive coping, and a control group unrelated reading tasks. Researchers asked participants to present a lesson plan for for a PE lesson beforehand. They gave them two minutes to reflect on the task using one of four coping strategies and measured physical stress response, their heart rate, and psychological stress response their self reported stress reactions. Results none of the coping strategies significantly impacted the physical stress response. However, focusing on positives and active coping led to lower self assessed psychological stress. When faced with stress, be optimistic. Think about how you might have a positive learning experience and what to do to solve the problem. This can help you feel more in control there boy, thereby reducing your stress. So next time you're feeling stressed, try coming up with a plan to tackle the problem head on instead of trying to manage your emotions.
