A Case Study On Stress Management

Stress-Management Study
Introduction
A case study was performed on 4 students to observe how they managed their time. Once the observation was complete, the students were then given a time management technique to try out for a week and give feedback at the end. Depending on their feedback they were then given another technique that would better tailor to their liking. Throughout the study, the students showed various characteristics that made it difficult to pinpoint what was resulting in poor time management. After each technique was suggested to each subject, they would give their feedback at the end to better clarify what was causing their time-management. By the end of the study, the students showed different stages of the behavior change.

Subject A acted almost as a control since they were taking the time-management techniques the most positively and subject B gave an overall positive impression on the study. Subjects ' C and D were unable to finish the study and little information collected from them. Each subject turned into 4 separate case studies making it difficult to form a hypothesis from self-reported time-tracking and survey questions. Their feedback has what developed a hypothesis. Subject A was in the action stage and they had already made changes to time management to keep up with their work but they were still stressed so I had them work on finding a balance. Subject B showed the least time management skills so I had them practice basic planning and balancing to help them work towards building time management skills. Subject C had a tight schedule but they were unwilling to change but they knew they had a problem so I am putting them in contemplation. Subject D is in the pre-contemplation stage since they were reluctant to change since they were reluctant to try any of the techniques

It also showed me how difficult it can be to change a behavior regarding time-management. While each subject was trying a technique I suggest to them to try, I also tried the technique with them. Personally, I found it hard to set limitations on technology just like Subject A since I would find myself running over the limit I would set. I took a strong liking to ABC planning since I would find myself jumping back and forth between assignments instead of staying focused on one. ABC planning helped me plan which assignment I would work on first before moving on to the next one. I suggested for subject B to try setting to set their clocks a bit faster to help them be on time to events and they slowly adjusted to going back to their old habits but the end of it. Since I already would show up early to events I tried to suggest this to Subject B but they did not take to