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An Exercise in Practicing Functional Stress Management Skills to Enhance Student Well-Being
Colette Dumas and Regina M. O’Neill
Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School, USA
Volume 15: 2022, pp. 131-152; ABSTRACT
This in-class exercise is designed to help students build functional stress management skills to better cope with difficult times and stress in their lives. We guide students to reflect upon and respond to questions in the exercise which will help them recognize and deal with stressors. We instruct students how to use their responses to create a Functional Stress Management Action Plan to prevent and reduce stress. Engaging in this reflective and action-oriented exercise helps students learn experientially how to build a functional approach to work and life. In light of the difficult times in which students are living – including an ever-changing job market, rising inflation and cost of living expenses, a dynamic and changing workplace, environmental concerns, and political and other global issues – this exercise meets an important need confronting students today. Students can also use these skills to help those they will lead in organizations to manage stress and enhance well-being.
