Using the stress and adversity inventory as a teaching tool leads to significant learning gains in two courses on stress and health

Stress and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-352

  Slavich, George M ^a   Toussaint, Loren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; college; disease; experiential activity; life events; mental health; pedagogy; stress; transformational teaching; well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS AND ADVERSITY INVENTORY; TEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84908018010     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2523     Document Type: Article

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