James C Petersen

ABOUTThe Stress Management Questionnaire - Church & Ministers Version (SMQ-C&M) is a New Version of the original Stress Management Questionnaire. The SMQ-C&M Version has been adapted for use with ministers for themselves as well as for those in their church. The SMQ consists of first a valid and reliable stress "risk" scales, along with a 43 page Stressmastery Guide booklet for personal use. The SMQ & Guide are used in churches and religious organizations to help ministers, pastors, lay people and the congregation to learn about their stress risk levels and to learn how to master their stress and become more stress resilient.HOW IT WORKS. After answering 87 scientifically developed questions, a personal Stress Risk Profile is produced. The profile reveals "risk" from Low to High Risk on the 11 SMQ scales. To obtain one's risk levels on the scales, each person's score is compared to the norm group that was used to establish the SMQ. Examples of the SMQ scales include: Anger, Burnout, Tension, Perfectionism, Time Urgency and 6 more.The Stressmastery Guide for Churches & Ministers is a personal change workbook and is an important part of a stress management or stress resilience program for ministers and lay people. The Guide describes the meaning of each the SMQ scales, what a "Risk" score means and, then, provides detailed, evidence-based suggestions and recommendations for how to master stress. The Guide is a 43 page booklet packed with comprehensive information, techniques and strategies that can be successful in preventing, reducing and managing stress...wherever or wherever it may occur.The SMQ-C&M Guide also includes Biblical scriptures that are relevant for each of the SMQ scales. This gives the reader an important Biblical basis for how to deal with life's stressors and provides a high degree of relevance to all members of any religious community. AUDIENCEThe SMQ-C&M Versionis ideal for anyone who desires a Biblical basis for learning how to deal with daily hassles and life's stressors. Anyone experiencing stress, anxiety and burnout can benefit from taking the SMQ. It can be by individuals as a self-development tool or it can be integrated in virtually any stress management program or counseling session. A Stressmastery Facilitators Guide is available to trainers and counselors to help integrate the SMQ into an existing stress management program.VERSIONSTwo version of the SMQ are available; a Print and an Internet Online Version. The Print Version, which is 36 pages, can be ordered here through Create Space. The Online Version can be ordered from www.stressmaster.comHISTORYThe SMQ is fully researched (NIOSH, 1080) and normed assessment tool that is easy to use and quick to score and receive results. It is based upon the work of Drs. James Petersen, Hans Selye, Herbet Benson, Meyer Freidmann and Ray Rosenmann and is consistent with modern Stress Management Theory and Practice.Dr. James Petersen, a noted psychologist, author and expert on stress and stress mastery, created the SMQ in his Biofeedback and Stress Management Clinic in order to help chronically stressed individuals to gain a better understanding of their stressors, personal stress warning signs and to determine if stress is affecting one's health, productivity and life satisfaction. The SMQ is founded on decades of scientific research (NIOSH, 1980) and evidence-based stress reduction methods and techniques.Over the past 30 years, the SMQ has helped more than 600,000 individuals to effectively manage their stress. As a result, the SMQ has become an integral part of many corporate stress management programs and wellness/health centers around the world. Now, the SMQ is available to the public for personal self-development and stress relief...right at home

ABOUT THE STRESS MASTERY GUIDE AND WORKBOOKThe Stress Mastery Guide and Workbook, created by internationally recognized stress psychologist, author and stress coach, provides essential information for understanding and interpreting the results from the Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ). The SMQ, that is taken online, is a powerful self-assessment tool that anyone can take to assess one's stress and how stress may be affecting one's health, quality of life and productivity. To take the SMQ, purchase this Guide and Workbook and then contact Stressmaster International to receive a link to take the SMQ online along with your Access Code. Email to [email protected] with heading "Please send Link and Access Code."The Stress Mastery Guide and Workbook helps one change to a less stressed and a better quality of life, whether at work or home. There are four steps to become Stress Mastery. . .ASSESS. Using the SMQ and other tools you will learn about more abut yourself and why stress is occurring in your work or home life. FEEDBACK. Using the Stress Mastery Report that has been provided, you will see the behaviors and attitudes, both internal and external, that drive your stress and you will be able help you to know what to change. LEARN. This Guide and Workbook provides the latest evidence-based tools, techniques and approaches to stress mastery and resilience. With this information you will be armed for not only knowing what to change, but how to develop better skills to reduce and master stress. CHANGE. Change requires nor only information, but also the self-motivation to change, along with a personal plan to make the change you want...happen WHAT IS THE SMQ?The SMQ is both a personal stress "risk" assessment and an educational tool that can help you to identify and understand your Stress Warning Signs, types of Stressors you are currently facing and the possible Effects of Stress on your health and well-being. The STRESS MASTERY GUIDE AND WORKBOOK provides information on the meaning of each Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ) scale along with WHAT TO KNOW and WHAT TO DO if you scored high on any given scale. Use the Guide as a workbook for personal development and change. The SMQ is comprised of 11 scales in three (3) separate stress categories; they are: I - STRESS WARNING SIGN SCALEThe Stress Warning Sign Scales are the result of a validation study conducted and funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Petersen, J. and Lawrence, H. NIOSH, 1982). The specific scales are: Hostility/Anger (HO), Perfectionism (PE), Time-Urgency (TI), Disappointment (DI), Burnout (BR), Underachievement (UA), Tension (TE)II - STRESS EFFECTS SCALESThe Stress Effects Scales shows how stress may be affecting you at both a physical and emotional level. The two scales are: Physical Stress Effects (PE) & Life Work Satisfaction (LW)III - STRESSOR SCALES The Stressor Scales reflect the two major types of stressors that are known to be a cause or "trigger" of the stress response. The two scales are: Life Events (LE) & Hassles (HA)

THE STRESS MASTERY QUESTIONNAIRE -SMQ The Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ) was created by Dr. James Petersen, an internationally recognized psychologist, author and stress mastery expert. The SMQ is considered the "gold standard" for helping people to understand how stress is affecting them, how to recognize their personal stress warning signs, and how to make the changes necessary to reduce and master stress.The SMQ reflects the philosophy that stress can be mastered by first assessing the source of stress. The SMQ provides detailed and valid information about one's stress and how stress may be affecting them. The eleven (11) SMQ stress scales provides key information about stress in three main domains: 1. STRESS WARNING SIGN SCALESHostility/AngerPerfectionismTime-UrgencyDisappointmentBurnoutUnderachievementTension2. STRESS EFFECTS SCALESPhysical Stress EffectsLife Work Satisfaction3. STRESSOR SCALES Life EventsHasslesThe SMQ can be used as a personal self-improvement program or may be integrated into a broader stress management training or coaching program. Over 600,000 individuals and hundreds of companies have benefited from use by trainers, stress coaches, EAP programs, management consultants and mental health professionals, including Citicorp/Banamex (Mexico), JPMorgan, Nationwide Insurance, Speedway, LLc, KPMG, Federal Reserve Bank of SF, State of Arizona and many more. The SMQ is more than a stress assessment, it includes a comprehensive Stress Mastery Guide and Workbook with specific recommendations as to "WHAT TO KNOW" and "WHAT TO DO" when one scores high on any of the scales. An online version of the SMQ is also available at www.StressMaster.com or [email protected]

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At no time in U.S. history has there been a more effective challenge to medical expertise and authority than that mounted by the contemporary Laetrile movement. The efficacy of Laetrile has been debated for over twenty-five years, but despite vigorous opposition from the medical community, support for the purported cancer treatment continues to gro