PBS
Pbs: This Emotional Life: Stress and Anxiety
PBS features extensive information on stress and anxiety including topics such as what is stress and anxiety, how to manage them, helping others, and anxiety disorders.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Duluth: Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety
This resource lists physical symptoms of stress and anxiety.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Stress, Inc.
Students explore the physical and psychological effect of stress and tension on human beings. Concepts of stress and stress management are introduced. Students discover how perception serves to fuel a huge industry dedicated to...
Science Museum, London
Making the Modern World: Stress Management
This website contains 7 chapters dealing with stress and ways to deal with it along with links to related materials.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: Feelin' Frazzled?
Find ten tips to help you reduce stress and to feel better emotionally and physically. The tips on this website, which include "Fuel up," "Have fun with friends," and "Take time to chill," will help "Keep you cool, calm, and collected."
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Story on Stress
It is highly probable that you've heard someone say he is "stressed out." What does that mean? Exactly what is stress and how does it affect us? Read more about the causes of stress, what it does to us, and how to reduce stress.
Other
Kansas State Univ.: Stressed Out Over Studying Tests?
This site gives a very detailed summary of dealing with stress while studying and taking tests. Sections define the problems as well as the solutions - how we have gotten ourselves all stressed out; how does stress affect grades; what...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Anxiety Disorders
This site from Family Doctor.org does a nice job of listing and describing anxiety disorders. Diagnosis, treatment, and links to similar sites are also included.
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Assc.: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
This American Psychological Association site offers information on the incidence of PTSD, its symptoms and causes, and the effectiveness of treatment options in restoring health and function.
Other
Teans Health: Test Anxiety
Information for teens and parents who wish to learn more about what test anxiety is and how to deal with it.
Mental Health America
Mental Health America: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
A fact sheet presenting basic information on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder including causes, symptoms, treatments and other related resources.
Other
Zephyrus Education: Stress
While this site primarily addresses adults, with frequent references to job-related stress, middle and high school students can learn much about handling the stress in their lives, as well. It is easy to read and includes tools to help...
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 16: Managing Worry
In this Second Step lesson, 1st graders will learn ways to manage their worries.
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 16: Managing Worry
This Second Step activity will help students how to manage concerns and worries.
Other
In Transition: Anxiety Disorders
This site talks briefly about the kinds of anxiety disorders there are and how they could affect a person.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Fears and Phobias
At this site from family Doctor.org find out the differences in fear and phobias. This site also includes links to related articles.
Other
International Stress Management Association
This non-profit organization is dedicated to helping people cope with life stresses. In addition there is basic information on recognizing and dealing with general and exam-related stress.
Other
The Proactive Coping Inventory (Pci): A Multidimensional Research Instrument
Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of Stress and Anxiety Research Society describing the development of a new psychometric tool, the Proactive Coping Inventory.
Ohio State University
Ohio State Univ.: Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic: Understanding Anxiety
Basic information on anxiety is given including identification and the reasons why we experience it.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
An explanation of post traumatic stress disorder including causes, symptoms, and treatment.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
An overview of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) including examples, a medical definition and the effects on the body, the four main symptoms, causes, treatment, and statistics.
Other
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Anxiety in Athletes
A great deal of the literature on the relationship between anxiety and performance has come from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. This Athletic Insight paper examines the relationship between the two constructs from a psychodynamic...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
This article from Family Doctor.org gives details on individuals who encounter the same painful events, but their reactions are different. Read this article to find out more about this disorder and how people can find help. Links to...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Figuring Out Phobias
A phobia is "an extremely strong fear of a situation or thing." Phobias don't just last a few minutes, they are fears that stay with you. A kid who has a phobia of dogs will go out of his way to avoid any situation that involves his...