Theory and Research in Stress and Psychological Well-Being Precapstone

Scholarly writings around stress have uniquely addressed its evolutionary, biological, psychosocial, social, ecological, and cultural implications, epidemiology, maintenance, and management and reduction.

The first of a two-semester sequence, the course bridges the science of stress with practical considerations for improving or supporting psychological well-being related to stress.

The course culminates in a research paper that serves as the academic proposal for students' spring semester capstone project.

A successful proposal is an evidence-based academic paper that convinces an audience not only that a strong need for the project exists, but that the project's theory of change (that is, how one plans to take learners from point A to point B) is rooted in the literature on stress.

As students work on their capstone proposal, they are exposed to a broad range of literature on various topics on stress.

Students learn to become rigorous consumers of the scholarship on stress as well as its relationship with psychological well-being.

Each week, we examine a topic and review articles as well as empirical research.