11 Health Stress Coping

Question 1

Defined by Rathus as any demand made by an organism
to adapt, cope, or adjust.

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stress

Question 2

helps us become alert and occupied.

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eustress

Question 3

experienced if stress is intense or
prolonged; it can become a burden.

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distress

Question 4

Study of the relationships between psychological factors
and the prevention and treatment of physical health
problems

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health psychology

Question 5

who is the founder of stress research

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hans selye

Question 6

he Started his investigation on the
body’s response to stressors, observed his patients with diff
erent problems, and concluded that any number of environ
mental events would produce the same stress symptoms.

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hans selye

Question 7

Selye’s term for the common effects on the body when
demands are placed on it

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general adaptation syndrome

Question 8

STAGE of GAS

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-Alarm Stage
-Resistance Stage
- Exhaustion stage

Question 9

body’s first reaction to a stressor. The temp
orary state of shock during which resistance to illness and
stress falls below normal limits

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alarm stage

Question 10

glands throughout the body manufac-
ture different hormones that protect the individual.

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resistance stage

Question 11

the person might collapse in ex-
haustion, and vulnerability to disease increases

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exhaustion stage

Question 12

is considered the body’s system that plays the greatest role. Th
e HPA axis regulates various body processes.

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hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal axis

Question 13

stress hormone” that directs cells to make sugar, fat, and
protein available so the body can take quick action; it suppresses the
immune system.

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cortisol

Question 14

The axis also controls reactions to stressful events. When it detects a
threat in the environment, the brain signals the hypothalamus to
release _______ which stimulates the
pituitary gland to produce another hormone that causes the
adrenal glands to release cortisol.

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corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)

Question 15

Factors that causes stress

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• daily hassles
• life changes
• conflicts

Question 16

Regularly occurring conditions and experiences that can threaten or
harm our well being.

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daily hassles

Question 17

what are the daily hassles

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• Household Hassle
• Health Hassle
• Time-pressure
• Environmental Hassle
• Inner Concern
• Financial Responsibility Hassle
• Work Hassle
• Security Hassle

Question 18

opposite of daily hassles.

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uplifts

Question 19

Getting a scholarship, graduating from college, marrying the right pers
on, finding a good job, and moving to a better neighborhood require
us to adjust.

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life changes

Question 20

Feeling of being pulled in two or more directions by opposing motives

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conflict

Question 21

least stressful type. In this type, each of the t
wo goals is desirable and both are within reach.

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approach-approach conflict

Question 22

more stressful because we are motivated to
avoid each of the two negative goals, yet avoiding one of them requires appr
oaching the other.

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avoidance-avoidance conflict

Question 23

experiences when the same goal produces a
pproach and avoidance motives.

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approach-avoidance conflict

Question 24

most complex form of conflict be-
cause each of several alternative courses of action has pluses and minuses.

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multiple approach-avoidance conflict

Question 25

psychological moderators of stress

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- self-efficacy -psychological hardiness - sense of humor - predictability and control - social support

Question 26

Ability to believe in our capacity to make things happen.

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self-efficacy

Question 27

what are the stress hardy personality

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- commitment - control (internal and external) - challenge

Question 28

(Suzanne Kobasa and colleagues –late 1970’s)- studied that business executives who seemed able to resist illness despite stress. In their study, certain personality traits that protects us from the health ravages of stress called stress hardy personality. (3c’s of hardiness) • Commitment • Control – Internal and External • Challenge

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psychological hardiness

Question 29

Can moderate the effects of stress. Benefits: • stimulates endorphins, • Positive cognitive shifts and • Positive emotions

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sense of humor

Question 30

what are the benefits of sense of humor

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• stimulates endorphins, • Positive cognitive shifts and • Positive emotions

Question 31

Enable us to moderate the impact of stress.

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predictability and control

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allows us to prepare Ourselves for the inevitable .

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predictability

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allows us to feel that we are Not at the mercy of the fates.

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control

Question 34

Considered as a buffer against the effects of stress; can be given to and received by people through some aspects.

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social support

Question 35

different types of social support

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- emotional concern - instrumental aid - information - appraisal - socializing

Question 36

Can be demonstrated through listening to people’s concerns and expressing feelings of sympathy, caring, understanding, and reassurance.

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emotional concern

Question 37

Can be in the form of material support and services that facilitate adaptation. May be given, after a disaster a manifested, through provisions of food, medicines, and temporary living quarters.

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instrumental aid

Question 38

Can be shared giving guidance and advice that enhance people’s ability to cope.

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information

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Done by giving feedback about how one is doing. Helps people interpret what happened to them.

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appraisal

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Can be in a form of initiating simple conversation or going shopping with another person. Even when it is oriented specifically toward solving problems, has beneficial effects.

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socializing

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stress management strategies

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- physical management - behavioral management - cognitive restructuring

Question 42

• Structure each day to include a minimum of 20 minutes of aero -bic exercise. Zumba has already been a current trend. It can be done alone or with family members or with friends. • Eat a balanced meal • Avoid caffeine. The substance may aggravate anxiety, insomnia, nervousness, and trembling. • Get enough hours of sleep • Take a warm bath or shower

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physical management

Question 43

Can be done through involvement in diversionary activities or directs action taking like positive addiction to cross stitching, gardening, drawing, writing, poems, composing songs, etc.

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behavioral management

Question 44

Everything that happens to us, whether it stresses us or not de pends on how we think about that experiences. If you have tho ught of the event as stressful, use the cognitive restructuring a pproach to lighten the effects of stress.

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cognitive restructuring