Question

practicing healthy choices to improve mental health
julia is having difficulty in her history class. she understands the material and even likes the teacher, but her class has been assigned a group project that has her concerned. at the group’s first meeting, they voted for a topic that julia did not like. julie is having problems communicating with her friends. she argued with another group member for several minutes and left the meeting very frustrated about the topic they had chosen. julies stomach is constantly getting upset from stress. she plans to ask her teacher to assign her to a different group.
what should julia do to alleviate the stress associated with the negative social situation?
○ go with her emotions and demand the topic be changed
○ remain silent and do not participate
○ try to control her emotions while sharing her opinion with the group
○ express her frustration to other people in class

Explanation:

To alleviate stress in a group project social situation, Julia should manage emotions and communicate. Demanding a topic change (first option) is confrontational. Remaining silent (second) avoids solving issues. Expressing frustration to others (fourth) doesn’t address the group. The third option, controlling emotions while sharing opinion, promotes constructive communication to resolve the concern.

Answer:

C. try to control her emotions while sharing her opinion with the group