Stress Mastery Guide and Workbook (Paperback)

Paperback. ABOUT THE STRESS MASTERY GUIDE AND WORKBOOKThe Stress Mastery Guide and Workbook, created by Dr. James Petersen an internationally recognized stress psychologist, author and stress coach. The Guide& Workbook provides essential information for understanding and interpreting the results from the Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ).The SMQ is taken online and is a powerful self-assessment tool that anyone can take to assess one's stress and how stress may be affecting one's health, quality of life and productivity. To take the SMQ, purchase this Guide and Workbook and then contact Stressmaster International to receive a link to take the SMQ online along with your Access Code. Email to with heading "Please send Link and Access Code."The Stress Mastery Guide and Workbook helps one change to a less stressed and a better quality of life, whether at work or home. There are four steps to become Stress Mastery. . .ASSESS. Using the SMQ and other tools you will learn about more abut yourself and why stress is occurring in your work or home life. FEEDBACK. Using the Stress Mastery Report that has been provided, you will see the behaviors and attitudes, both internal and external, that drive your stress and you will be able help you to know what to change. LEARN. This Guide and Workbook provides the latest evidence-based tools, techniques and approaches to stress mastery and resilience. With this information you will be armed for not only knowing what to change, but how to develop better skills to reduce and master stress. CHANGE. Change requires nor only information, but also the self-motivation to change, along with a personal plan to make the change you want.happen! WHAT IS THE SMQ?The SMQ is both a personal stress "risk" assessment and an educational tool that can help you to identify and understand your Stress Warning Signs, types of Stressors you are currently facing and the possible Effects of Stress on your health and well-being. The STRESS MASTERY GUIDE AND WORKBOOK provides information on the meaning of each Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ) scale along with WHAT TO KNOW and WHAT TO DO if you scored high on any given scale. Use the Guide as a workbook for personal development and change. The SMQ is comprised of 11 scales in three (3) separate stress categories; they are: I - STRESS WARNING SIGN SCALEThe Stress Warning Sign Scales are the result of a validation study conducted and funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Petersen, J. and Lawrence, H. NIOSH, 1982). The specific scales are: Hostility/Anger (HO), Perfectionism (PE), Time-Urgency (TI), Disappointment (DI), Burnout (BR), Underachievement (UA), Tension (TE)II - STRESS EFFECTS SCALESThe Stress Effects Scales shows how stress may be affecting you at both a physical and emotional level. The two scales are: Physical Stress Effects (PE) & Life Work Satisfaction (LW)III - STRESSOR SCALES The Stressor Scales reflect the two major types of stressors that are known to be a cause or "trigger" of the stress response. The two scales are: Life Events (LE) & Hassles (HA) Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…