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Destressing Through Recreation, Emely Jauregui-Bueno
Destressing Through Recreation, Emely Jauregui-Bueno
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Watsonville Parks and Community Services is a youth center where students can go after school and do homework or participate in activities the youth center has for them. Teenagers experience stressful situations at home, school or just life in general. Adults don't seem to pay much attention to what is going around them, which leads youth to do things they are not supposed to do. The project purpose is for the youth to learn how to better cope with the stress levels they might be dealing with in life. The expected outcome is for the youth to learn to express …
Improving Stress Management For Elementary School Students, Ashley Man
Improving Stress Management For Elementary School Students, Ashley Man
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This capstone project focuses on stress management for elementary school students. As there has been a rise in elementary school students' reports of stress, a longitudinal study examined daily school stress and coping strategies of elementary school children in the United States. The students were ages 7 to 11 years old and results highlight critical relations between students’ exposure to daily stress at school, their stress appraisals and future expectations, and usage of coping strategies (Sotardi, 2016). The students' ability to manage daily stress in productive, socially acceptable ways was reported to be restricted. This shows that students may not …
Increasing College Students' Awareness Of Healthy Coping Strategies To Manage Stress, Evelyn Gallegos
Increasing College Students' Awareness Of Healthy Coping Strategies To Manage Stress, Evelyn Gallegos
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
College students often lack awareness of healthy coping strategies to manage stress. College students experience stress due to the number of responsibilities, such as having a job or being a student-athlete, as well as keeping up with coursework. Stress can result in feelings of being overwhelmed, depression, lower academic performance, and even a risk of dropping out. When college students learn healthy strategies to cope with stress, it improves their overall mental and physical well-being. To address the lack of stress management awareness, I created a one-day workshop for college students who are members of the Women’s Soccer Club at …
Coping With Stress And Developing Self-Care Skills For First-Generation College Students, Marissa Jost
Coping With Stress And Developing Self-Care Skills For First-Generation College Students, Marissa Jost
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
First-generation college students often face new challenges and stressors that can be difficult for them to cope with. Lack of coping skills for first-generation college students can have adverse effects on mental health such as increased symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. When college students develop coping skills and self-care strategies, they may become more successful in navigating college life and responsibilities. To support first-generation students, I will develop a three-part interactive workshop for students enrolled in college support programs attending California State University, Monterey Bay in Seaside, California.
High School Student Athletes: If Stress Is The Lock Is Communication The Key?, Danielle Carter
High School Student Athletes: If Stress Is The Lock Is Communication The Key?, Danielle Carter
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The focus of this Capstone Project was meant to analyze the possible issues high school student-athletes may face academically as well as mentally while in school. This issue is important to note because there is an increase in students participating in sports and the offered school support should reflect the growing population. An argument that was found was the possible overlook of the mental well-being of the student-athletes if they are academically succeeding or are accomplished athletes. The primary stakeholder's perspectives chosen were current high school student-athletes because they are able to provide insight into the current issues that student-athletes …
Police And Their Relationship With The Public, Kevin Hebri
Police And Their Relationship With The Public, Kevin Hebri
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This research essay aims to understand some of the social themes relevant to issues present between the public and the police institutions of the United States. Existing literature about this topic has noted the decentralized nature of law enforcement in the United States and the differences in policies and procedures used by different police departments and agencies. The existing literature has also cited the importance of police officer discretion and the situational factors that contribute to their decision-making. Occupational stress, and characteristics of a civilian involved in a police interaction, influence the decision-making process for police officers. This research is …
Success Over Stress Support Group, Sophia Pescador-Torrance
Success Over Stress Support Group, Sophia Pescador-Torrance
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The Harden Wellness Center is located in Salinas, California on the campus of Harden Middle School. After surveying and interviewing eighth-grade students at Harden Middle School, it was determined that there was a need to provide healthy coping skills for stress and anxiety. The project provided students a place to learn healthy coping skills along with normalizing mental health services among adolescents. In order to engage students and keep them interested each week, focus on a new skill with an activity attached to reinforce the coping skill. By the end of the six weeks, the group started to talk about …
Graduation Anxiety, Britney Saguache
Graduation Anxiety, Britney Saguache
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Many graduating college students do not know how to manage their graduating anxiety and it can become a challenge to face. Anxiety during this time can cause students to feel worried leading up to graduation and have an impact on sleeping patterns, concentration in doing coursework and changes in relationships. This project is a workshop that includes ways to manage graduation anxiety and talks about fear of the future, relationship changes, dealing with expectations and the working world. When college students learn to manage graduation anxiety, it can help to overcome the unexpected, and bring back some control over the …
Helping Immigrant Children Cope With Stress And Anxiety, Fatima Luna
Helping Immigrant Children Cope With Stress And Anxiety, Fatima Luna
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Besides physical health, mental health is a critical component of every person’s well-being starting from childhood. In the United States, stress and anxiety are one of the most common mental disorders in children. Occasionally, parents and the environment put much pressure on a child resulting in anxiety; at times, parents’ anxiety is projected onto their kids. Teaching children how to cope with daily stressors and anxiety is crucial to their development. This project focused on teaching Hispanic children about managing stress and anxiety through mindfulness. While also learning about how to seek help and express negative emotions. To help children …
Improving Stress Management For Female College Students, Kelsey Acosta
Improving Stress Management For Female College Students, Kelsey Acosta
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Although many college students report feeling stress, women may have a unique perspective and experience regarding stress. Gilligan's theory states that women consider their relationships when considering decisions. This decision-making process can create an added layer of the already existing academic stressors that women face. Stress management techniques that acknowledge the unique stressors that women face are essential to improve mental health and provide an optimal college experience.
Promoting Stress Management Among Childcare Workers, Ciara Williams
Promoting Stress Management Among Childcare Workers, Ciara Williams
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This paper attempts to provide a helpful tool for Child Care Workers when dealing with Job Stress.
Increasing Mental Health Awareness Among Collegiate Student Athletes, Josh Kollman
Increasing Mental Health Awareness Among Collegiate Student Athletes, Josh Kollman
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This paper attempts to increase mental health awareness among student-athletes in college. Two players from the men’s basketball team at California State University, Monterey Bay participated in an interactive presentation regarding the impact that stress, anxiety, and injuries have on mental health and how to cope. The impacts are performance-related as well as impacting social life, academics, and relationships. The participants filled out forms and took a short quiz to see if they understood the impacts and were able to identify coping strategies. Results showed that they fully understood the effects that stress, anxiety, and injuries have on mental health …
Improving Stress Management Among First Graders, Vanessa Vazquez
Improving Stress Management Among First Graders, Vanessa Vazquez
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
For the improving stress management among first graders, I developed a curriculum for a first grade class and taught them about stress regulation strategies and techniques as to how they can handle their stress.
Stress And Mindfulness Presentation, Miriam Garcia Cendejas
Stress And Mindfulness Presentation, Miriam Garcia Cendejas
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Rancho San Juan High School in Salinas California serves students from ninth to eleventh grade. The problem at this agency is students in need of skills to cope with stress and anxiety. The contributing factors to the problem are unhealthy relationships, family problems, pent up emotions, and distance learning due to the pandemic. The consequences of these contributing factors are vaping, anxiety, fighting, and depression. A powerpoint presentation was presented to those students who need coping skills for stress, depression, and anxiety. The powerpoint introduced students to mindfulness and there was a pre and post survey included in the presentation …
La Cultura Cura/Culture Heals, Vanessa Magdaleno Morga
La Cultura Cura/Culture Heals, Vanessa Magdaleno Morga
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
A research project on how Native American practices and values strengthen coping with life stressors.
Vet 2 Vet: Peer Support For Transitioning Student Veterans, Ryan J. Sparks
Vet 2 Vet: Peer Support For Transitioning Student Veterans, Ryan J. Sparks
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The Veterans Services Center [VSC] of Hartnell College two primary functions, academic counseling and Veterans Affairs [VA] benefit certification. Any veteran or depending attending Hartnell is entitled to support, whether or not they are using VA benefits. From a broader perspective, campus veterans centers exist to support veterans who have, most of the time, recently left military service and are beginning their military-civilian transition. The Vet 2 Vet peer mentorship program addresses many transitional issues by pairing first semester student veterans with those in their sophomore year and currently working under the VA federal work study. The goal is to …
Collection Of Analyzed Data From Health And Human Services Professionals: Stressors And Self-Care Practices, Yesenia Alcala
Collection Of Analyzed Data From Health And Human Services Professionals: Stressors And Self-Care Practices, Yesenia Alcala
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Alliance on Aging is a nonprofit agency in Salinas, California. It was established in 1970, and they help serve the needs of the senior citizen community by offering multiple services. Working professionals experience high levels of stress in the workplace. Although there are many contributing factors for high stress in the workplace, the main factors at play are the lack of self-care and lack of support Zastrow (pg. 332, 2015). Because working professionally in the human services field experience high stress the consequences they may face are burnout, high turnover rates, and poor overall health. The capstone project will assess …
A High Percentage Of College Students Are Low Income In California, Paulo Magana
A High Percentage Of College Students Are Low Income In California, Paulo Magana
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey is an non-profit that aims to fight social justice by providing services to low-income and undocumented individuals in need. An important problem happening throughout the state of California is that there is a high percentage of college students that are low-income which often lack knowledge on the available resources within their schools and their communities. The main contributing factors found for this issue are belonging to a minority group or being part of a single parent household. The consequences can lead to food insecurity and. This capstone project was already developed and implemented. The …
Teaching College Foster Youth How To Use Mindfulness To Cope With Stress, Jiovana Xasel Vallejan Lugo
Teaching College Foster Youth How To Use Mindfulness To Cope With Stress, Jiovana Xasel Vallejan Lugo
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Research has found that all foster youth face some sort of trauma at least once in their life, leading them to experience mental stress, emotion dysregulation, and depression during the transition to adulthood (Valdez, Bailey, Santuzzi, & Lilly, 2014). Many of the youth are not aware of the effects of stress on mental and physical well-being and how to cope with the stress they are feeling. Also, many of them are not aware of their mental state or how to cope with the stress they are feeling. College youth are not only affected mentally by stress, but also physically. They …
Mindfulness-Based Interventions For Adolescents With Cancer And Teen Cancer Survivors, Daniela Ramirez-Ibarra
Mindfulness-Based Interventions For Adolescents With Cancer And Teen Cancer Survivors, Daniela Ramirez-Ibarra
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Adolescence is a significant period for identity construction and self development (Jones, Blunda, Biegel, Carlson, Biel, & Wiener., 2013). This critical development period is quickly disrupted for adolescents with cancer. With the challenges of undergoing cancer treatment, come abnormal daily routines and changes to the developing self, which may cause anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders (Jones et al., 2013). Even after an adolescent survives cancer, he or she may be likely to face chronic adjustment difficulties, cognitive challenges, struggles at school, social deficits, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression (Jones et al., 2013). To address the stressful …
Calm And Focused: Reducing Test Anxiety Among Elementary Students, Alicia M. Derollo
Calm And Focused: Reducing Test Anxiety Among Elementary Students, Alicia M. Derollo
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Elementary school students are experiencing heightened levels of test anxiety which is blocking their access to learning. Practices such as art therapy, meditation, and mindfulness are rising in popularity as means for controlling and reducing anxiety. Recent studies have found success in using these practices with students to reduce test anxiety (Putwain et al., 2014; Cho, Ryu, Noh, & Lee, 2016). This study used a pre- and post-test quantitative quasi-experimental design to compare the levels of test anxiety between the treatment group (n = 21) who received an intervention of coloring while listening to a guided meditation before a math …
Reduction Of Stress In High School Freshman Through Mindfulness Practice, Jacob L. Arveson
Reduction Of Stress In High School Freshman Through Mindfulness Practice, Jacob L. Arveson
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Toxic stress is common in modern adolescence and can be detrimental to one's long-term physical and psychological well-being. Adolescents spend vast quantities of time at school and thus school is an ideal venue to introduce stress reducing mechanisms. Mindfulness interventions center on bringing non-judgemental awareness to one's breath and thoughts, and have proven beneficial in a wide range of clinical settings. It is only in the past two decades that mindfulness interventions have been researched in the K-12 classroom setting, but the results have been promising. This study examines whether participation in a tri-weekly five-minute guided meditation would reduce stress …
Stress Management In The Kitchen, Haley Rosano
Stress Management In The Kitchen, Haley Rosano
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Monterey has implemented Stress Management in the Kitchen though the Family Support Services department of the Seaside office. Stress Management in the Kitchen was implemented to address the knowledge gap between nutrition and healthy living.The purpose of the workshop series was to give clients a fun and digestible way to increase their knowledge on how their health and nutritional habits can or should be applied to how they deal with stress. These workshops were implemented through presentation and a series of activities.The measurement of these workshops will be obtained through an exit survey from participants. …
The Path Of Least Resistance: A Student’S Guide For Working Smarter, Not Harder., Scott Abel
The Path Of Least Resistance: A Student’S Guide For Working Smarter, Not Harder., Scott Abel
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The amount of stress that accumulates over the course of one’s collegiate career can be overwhelming to say the least. What if I told you that with a basic strategy you could cut your workload in half and alleviate much of the stress that goes hand in hand with school? Well now you can. This capstone project shows students different ways to achieve their goals by my method of Working Smarter and not Harder.
Unraveling Math Anxiety, Melissa Giorgio
Unraveling Math Anxiety, Melissa Giorgio
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This paper focuses on finding methods to assist students identify their individual math anxiety and introduce strategies to overcome or control the anxiousness. The research indicates that the more students are in touch with their own individual math anxieties, the easier it will be to overcome the nervousness. Twenty-two students took three individual assessments and a survey to help identify their math anxiety. The first assessment was timed and students were not informed if it would count toward their grade. The second handout had no time limit and it was not going toward students’ grade in the class. The last …
Decreasing Stress And Anxiety Among Students, Jamela Shaban
Decreasing Stress And Anxiety Among Students, Jamela Shaban
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Researchers link stress and anxiety in students to a decrease and lack of attention in the classroom resulting in poor performance. I chose to research this point further in order to develop an improved environment for a students' success. For my project I am going to be working with a third grade teacher at McKinnon Elementary School in Salinas. I will create a booklet filled with activities that the teacher can do with her students as well as a DVD containing several yoga poses to help reduce stress and anxiety in the classroom. My goal is to create a stress …