Stress, Trauma and Burnout
| Code: | LPSI214 | Acronym: | STB |
| Keywords | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Keyword |
| OFICIAL | Psychology |
Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S 
| 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 | 72 | Official Curricular Structure | 3 | - | 3 | 27 | 81 |
Teaching language
PortugueseObjectives
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
Working method
PresencialPre-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: 978-1-4214-2271-8Maslach 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
Bianchi, R., Cavalcante, D. C., Queirós, C., Santos B. D. M., Verkuilen, J., & Schonfeld, I. S. ; (2023). Validation of the Occupational Depression Inventory in Brazil: A study of 1,612 civil servants. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 167, 111194. https://doi.
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 aplicakeywords
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > PsychologySocial sciences > Psychological sciences > Behavioural sciences
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final examAssessment 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 a date to be agreed, it 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
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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