Information Package / Course Catalogue
Stress Psychology
Course Code: PSİ215
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of course is aquired nature of stress, effects on human, related variables, coping styles, learning about literature.

Course Content

Stress, related teories, stress level, coping styles, related psychopatologies, stress of interpersonal relationships, stress management in work life, mediation practices.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.It is known stress and coping with stress theories
2.It is made breath and mediation practices
3.It is studied stress management skills in hard jobs
4.It is known effect of stress management methods in psychologies treatment
5.Understand the strategies of coping with stress
Recommended or Required Reading
1.• Stres ve Başa Çıkma Yolları, Baltaş, Z. ve Baltaş, A., Remzi Kitapevi, İstanbul, 2008.
2.• Stresle Başetme: Olumlu Bir Yaklaşım, N.H. Şahin, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, 1995
3.• Stresle Etkili Başa Çıkma Yöntemi: Gevşeme Egzersizleri, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları
4.• Comprehensive Stress Management, Greenberg, J., McGraw-Hill Companies, 2013.
5.• The Relaxation and Stres Reduction Workbook, A new harbinger self-help workbook, McKay, M., Davis, M., Eshelman, E., R., Fanning, P., New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, CA, 2008.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Promotion of course and issues
Week 2 - Theoretical
Theories about stress
Week 3 - Theoretical
Theories about stress and divorce
Week 4 - Theoretical
Determining and regulating stress level and decieve
Week 5 - Theoretical
Methods and abilities of coping with stress in daily life and preparation
Week 6 - Theoretical
Methods and abilities of coping with stress in daily life
Week 7 - Theoretical
Psychopatologies in coping with stress
Week 8 - Theoretical
Psychopatologies in coping with stress and adaptation to school
Week 9 - Theoretical
Stress management of athletes
Week 10 - Theoretical
Stress management of students who bone for an exam
Week 11 - Theoretical
Stress management in interrelationships
Week 12 - Theoretical
Stress management in business
Week 13 - Theoretical
Breath and mediation practises
Week 14 - Theoretical
General assesment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory281156
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)79
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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3
1
4
2
2
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2
2
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5
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2
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2
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2
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4
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2
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1
4
2
3
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026