Journal Assignment: Personality Disorders, Adjustment & Coping- Aspect of Personalities
Learning more about strategies for adjustment and coping can help you navigate through times of stress in both your personal and professional life. Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.
If you cite external resources, you must use APA citation style.
a. Explain to what extent you value flexibility in yourself. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
b. Describe your most common responses to stressors. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
c. Based on the results of your Big Five Personality Test and your own personal reflection, on a scale of low, mixed, or high, describe how you would rate your stress tolerance using the traits of hardiness, optimism, and dispositional optimism. Your response should be about 4 to 6 sentences in length.
d. Describe how you struggle with traits that negatively affect the coping process. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
e. Describe the strategies you use when you find yourself experiencing cognitive distortions. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
f. Describe the applications of adjustment and coping you see in your experiences in the workplace, at school, or in your relationships with others. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences in length.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.