Stress, Trauma and Burnout
| Code: | LPSI214 | Acronym: | STB |
| Keywords | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Keyword |
| OFICIAL | Psychology |
Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S
| Active? | Yes |
| Web Page: | https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=567368 |
| 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 | 35 | Official Curricular Structure | 3 | - | 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 |
Teaching language
PortugueseObs.: As aulas são lecionadas em português (incluindo os slides de apoio)
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, their symptoms, causes and consequences.
- to know relevant studies at international and national level and strategies for stress management as prevention.
- to present autonomous learning capacity and critical analysis in reflection about the relevance of these three concepts in the work and academic context, and its relationship with topics/concerns of current society according to SDGs.
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, posttraumatic stress and burnout.
2.Stress management: stress symptoms; stress/anxiety differentiation; coping strategies; resilience.
3.Posttraumatic stress: 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 organization; vulnerability of specific professional groups and brief reference to suicide associated with the profession.
5. Critical reflection: limitations of research; examples of stress management strategies as prevention.
Mandatory literature
Maslach Christina; The^truth about burnout. ISBN: 0-7879-0874-6Gordon Parker; Burnout. ISBN: 978-1032358963
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
Queirós, C., & Cameira, M. (2023); Sindrome de Burnout: a pandemia COVID-19 como fator de risco nos profissionais de saúde. In J. Carneiro, M. Schoeninger, E. Borges, & L. Trindade (Eds.). Health Work International Project - HWOPI: Teorias e vivências para a saúde ocupacional (cap.2.2, pp.25-32
Complementary Bibliography
Areosa, J., & Queirós, C. (2020). ; Burnout: uma patologia social reconfigurada na era COVID-19? International Journal on Working Conditions, 20, 71-90.Samuel Antunes; Avaliar, intervir e prevenir os riscos psicossociais:
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
Everly George S.; The^Johns Hopkins guide to psychological first aid. ISBN: 978-1-4214-2271-8
Queirós, .C. & Borges, E. (2023).; Risco psicossocial: estratégias de intervenção no bullying no trabalho, stress e burnout. In E. Borges (Ed.). Enfermagem do Trabalho (2ª edição) (cap 5.5, pp.86-99). Lidel.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical and practical classes with topics presentation and discussion. Participation in a Forum/chat written discussion, weekly or biweekly, after discussion during class.
Software
Não se aplicakeywords
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > PsychologySocial sciences > Psychological sciences > Behavioural sciences
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final examAssessment Components
| designation | Weight (%) |
|---|---|
| Trabalho de campo | 30,00 |
| Exame | 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 | 29,00 |
| 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 exam 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, existing mandatory tasks during class moments and not allowing the global absence at classes, since it is a theoretical-practical unit.
Regardless of the type of status, absence from classes with practical exercises and invited professionals may imply failure due to lack of practical component (without access to final exam).
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 exam
Examinations or Special Assignments
Individual participation in the Moodle Forum/chat.Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
For special cases, students with special statute can decide to do a written individual work that substitutes the Moodle Forum written discussion. They must inform the teacher until one month after class beginning, according to information presented at Moodle platform. The essay must integrate and express the discussions/tasks occurred during the theoretical-practical classes, implying to be present at the classes with practical exercises
Classification improvement
The improvement of classification is done only on the final written exam (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.
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