14.3 Coping and resilience Flashcards
coping
our ability to manage stress responses and the negative events that generate those responses
problem focused coping
developing and action plant to meet the challenge that is the cause of stress
emotional focused coping
engaging in strategies to reduce one’s negative emotional reactions
positive psychology
the area of psychology that highlights what make us strong in the face of challenges, failure, and tragedy
Barbara frederickson
how we perceive the world depends if we are in a positive or negative mood
- broaden and build theory of positive emotions
- found that arousal responses from watching horror movie clips returned to normal faster when participants watched a happy movie after viewing the clips
broaden and build theory of positive emotions
experiencing a positive mood provides mental resources that enable us to respond more effectively to life’s challenges
-positive mood is essential for creativity in thinking and problem solving
being in a negative mood seems to narrow attention
and directs our focus to picky details
being in a positive mood seems to broaden attention
enabling us to become sensitive to new associations and the big picture
optimism
a person tends to expect positive things to happen even when they find themselves in a difficult situation
-optimistic explanatory style
pessimism
a person expects bad things to happen even when things are going well
-pessimistic explanatory style
the mayo clinic found that ppl who were optimistic in the 1960s were 19% more likely to be ____ in the 1990s
alive
the nun study
nuns have basically the same lifestyle on all dimensions
-the nuns with more emotionally positive journal entries in their early 20s lived longer than nuns with fewer positive entries
personality and coping
higher neuroticism, lower coping
affective negativity can present and obstacle to healthy coping
higher extraversion, higher coping
higher agreeableness, higher coping
higher conscientiousness, higher coping ->better at distancing
higher openness to experience, higher coping
distancing
involves controlling negative emotional reactions to stressful events
more open ppl tend to develop a …
better understanding of themselves and better control over their negative emotions
-that self-understanding also makes ppl high on openness better at distancing