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Stress, Trauma and Burnout

Code: LPSI214     Acronym: STB

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Psychology

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S Ícone do Moodle

Active? Yes
Web Page: https://moodle.up.pt/
Responsible unit: Psychology
Course/CS Responsible: First degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym No. of Students Study Plan Curricular Years Credits UCN Credits ECTS Contact hours Total Time
LPSIC 21 Official Curricular Structure 2 - 3 27 81

Teaching Staff - Responsibilities

Teacher Responsibility
Cristina Maria Leite Queirós

Teaching - Hours

Theoretical and practical : 2,00
Type Teacher Classes Hour
Theoretical and practical Totals 1 2,00
Cristina Maria Leite Queirós 2,00
Mais informaçõesLast updated on 2022-03-01.

Fields changed: Objectives, Resultados de aprendizagem e competências, Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem, Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final, Provas e trabalhos especiais, Avaliação especial, Bibliografia Complementar, Obtenção de frequência, Tipo de avaliação, Observações, Componentes de Avaliação e Ocupação, Bibliografia Obrigatória, Melhoria de classificação

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Using descriptive methodology and practical exercises, this curricular unit aims to present to the students the mechanisms of stress and to identify its influence on the daily life, as well as its chronic expression through burnout or acute expression through post-traumatic stress.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of semester the students must be able:

 - to know the bio-psycho-physiological mechanisms of stress and identify symptoms of stress.

- to differentiate the concepts of stress, posttraumatic stress and burnout as a response to chronic occupational stress, and to know its applicability in academic and work contexts.

- to know relevant studies at international and national level, about stress, posttraumatic stress and burnout.

- to know prevention and treatment forms, at individual and institutional level.

- through practical exercises, to know stress management strategies, to differentiate stress/anxiety and to know how to evaluate/identify stress, PTSD and burnout symptoms among students and workers.

- to present autonomous learning capacity and critical analysis in reflection about the relevance of these three concepts nowadays.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Non applicable.

Program


1.Introduction: bio-psycho-physiological stress mechanisms; definition and differentiation of the concepts of stress, postraumatic stress and burnout.


2.Stress management: stress symptoms; stress/anxiety differentiation; coping strategies; resilience.


3.Posttraumatic stress (PTSD): symptoms, causes, consequences and impact on individual health; vulnerability of specific professional groups.


4.Burnout and chronic occupational stress: symptoms, causes, consequences and impact on individual health, productivity and institution.


5.Critical analysis and limitations of international/national studies about stress, PTSD and burnout in students and specific professional groups.


6.Prevention and treatment: individual and organizational level; symptoms reduction; association of PTSD and burnout with depression and suicide; well-being, mental health and stress.


7.Practical exercises of stress management and evaluation/identification of symptoms of stress, PTSD and burnout among students and workers.

Mandatory literature

Everly George S.; The^Johns Hopkins guide to psychological first aid. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2271-8
Maslach Christina; The^truth about burnout. ISBN: 0-7879-0874-6
Pereira, A., & Queirós, C. (2021). ; O Stress e suas consequências na saúde e no bem-estar. In I. Leal & J.L. Pais-Ribeiro (Eds.). Manual de Psicologia da Saúde (cap. 19, pp.137-145). Lisboa: Pactor.
Pereira Maria da Graça 570; Stress traumático. ISBN: 972-796-087-1
Queirós, C., Gonçalves, S.P. & Marques, A. ; Burnout: Da conceptualização à gestão em contexto laboral. In H.V. Neto., J. Areosa & P. Arezes (Eds). Manual Riscos Psicossociais (pp.172-192), Porto: Civeri Publishing., 2014

Complementary Bibliography

Areosa, J., & Queirós, C. (2020). ; Burnout: uma patologia social reconfigurada na era COVID-19? International Journal on Working Conditions, 20, 71-90.
Beja, M. J., Portugal, A., Câmara, J., Berenguer, C., Rebolo, A., Crawford, C., & Gonçalves, D; Primeiros Socorros Psicológicos: Intervenção psicológica na catástrofe, Psychologica, 61(1), 125-142. doi:10.14195/1647-8606_61-1_7, 2018
Fonseca, S.M. (…) & Queirós, C; Saúde ocupacional dos profissionais de emergência pré-hospitalar: Contributo do trauma e coping. International Journal of Working Conditions, 17, 69-88., 2019
Queirós, C., Passos, F., Bártolo, A., Marques, A.J., Silva, C.F., & Pereira, A. ; Burnout and Stress Measurement in Police Officers: Literature Review and a Study With the Operational Police Stress Questionnaire. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (587). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00587, 2020
Queirós, C, Borges, E., Teixeira A. & Maio, T.; Estratégias de prevenção do stress ocupacional, burnout e bullying. In E. Borges (Ed.). Saúde e Enfermagem do Trabalho (pp. 139-157). Porto: Lidel, 2018

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes with topics presentation and discussion. Participation in a Forum/chat written discussion, weekly or biweekly.

Software

Não se aplica

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Behavioural sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation Weight (%)
Trabalho de campo 30,00
Trabalho escrito 70,00
Total: 100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo 24,00
Frequência das aulas 28,00
Trabalho de campo 25,00
Trabalho escrito 4,00
Total: 81,00

Eligibility for exams


The students must have the minimum of 9.5 points in 20 at the global classification of the discipline. Distributed evaluation includes forum participation, it is mandatory (30%), having mandatory tasks weekly or biweekly (deadlines indicated each class) and students must obtain the minimum of 8/20 points.

The final written individual work happens on Moodle on 28 May 2022, represents 70%, and the student should get the minimum value of 8 values in 20.


The presence in class is mandatory according to the regulation in force in FPCEUP.


Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is the sum of the following tasks:

- 30% for individual written participation in the Moodle Forum

- 70% for final written individual work 

Examinations or Special Assignments

To participate in classes, to participate in written discussions at Moodle Forum and to do the final written work.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)


Students with special statute can choose and decide if they want to do a written and individual work that substitutes the Forum written discussion. They must inform the teacher until one month after class beginning, according to information presented at Moodle platform.


Mobility students have access to the template for the written final work in English and can discuss in the Forum and perform the final written work in English, French or Spanish. The curricular unit has bibliography in Portuguese and in English.

Classification improvement

The improvement of classification is done only on the final written work (valuing 70%); the classification of Forum still the same. It is possible to improve the classification according to the regulation in force in FPCEUP.

Observations

The discipline uses Moodle platform (in Portuguese).

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