A Study on the Effectiveness of Stress Management Techniques

This research was conducted for my research and stat implementation course. Throughout my time in the social work program, self-care and taking proper time to reflect and recharge has been a very important part of the process. However, one difficulty I know that I have faced is finding how to best use this time and get the most out of the process. This single subject design study aims to look at how I can use different self-care techniques to get the most effective reflection based on the stress I am feeling. The two different types of stressors that I face most at school are personal stress, from family, friends, and life in general, and there is school stress, from assignments, internship, and events. I have been tracking these different types of stressors in a write up so I am able to quantify which stress I was experiencing each time I performed my relaxation techniques. When looking at my relaxation techniques, I am using two primary strategies. One of which involves writing, sketching, and creating as a form of expression of my stress, and the other being meditation, both guided and personal, as well as self-reflection and evaluation. These different strategies have been ones I have used throughout my life so I decided it best to see which of these was more appropriate for my different kinds of stress. My hypothesis for this research is that I will prefer the reflection for school stress and the creative technique for personal stressors