Chapter 12 Health and Fitness 77 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. May not be reproduced or posted to a publicly accessible website. Activity B (continued) Name______________________________________________ Add the total number of checks in each column. If most of your checks were in the Most of the time column, you are capable of handling most of the stressful events in your life. If most of your checks were in the Sometimes column, you are probably coping successfully with stressful events. If most of your checks were in the Seldom column, you need to look for ways to manage stress in order to maintain physical and mental well-being. Review the techniques to reduce stress listed in the text and answer the following questions. 1. What type of physical activity do you choose when trying to relieve stress? _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. When you feel other people are putting a lot of pressure on you, how do you respond? _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. To whom do you talk when you are having trouble solving a problem? How does this person help you? _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. When you want to take a break and have a few moments to yourself, how do you spend your time? _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What techniques do you use to help you manage your time in order to accomplish all the tasks for which you are responsible? _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What steps do you take to care for your health? _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Describe any other steps you can take to more effectively manage the stress in your life. _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________