A person’s life experiences, culture, health status, lifestyle choices

A person’s life experiences, culture, health status, lifestyle choices, relationships, perceptions, personality, and outlook on life can all be tied to stress, either positively or negatively. Many interventions are thoroughly discussed in your assigned readings for this week, which can be applied to prevent stress or to help better manage stressful responses. Now is a great time to gain additional insight and awareness into your inner self by exploring perceptions related to your awareness, attitudes, humor, personality, self-esteem, locus of control, anxiety, and resiliency. Prior to completing the journal assignment, read the article by Edmond et al., (2014),  Distressing Relationships, Anger, and Stress Amplification in a Sample of Young Adult African Americans , listen to the  Speaking of Psychology: The Stress of Money  podcast, and review the Cleveland Clinic webpage on  Stress: Coping With Life’s Stressors

· When completing the selected assessment, follow the directions carefully.

· Score your responses, as outlined within your assessment.

· Prepare a summary of the assessment, including your score, and the assessment outcomes.

· Develop an intervention to better manage your stress levels. Select an evidenced based method discussed in the course text (e.g., deep breathing, meditation, etc.).

· Explain why this intervention method was chosen and how you will know if the method is being effective.

I completed Lab assessment 8.1 (What kind of sense of humor do you have)?

Affiliative humor: 41

Self-enhancing humor- 41

Aggressive humor- 26

Self-defeating humor- 17