{26} Resilience, Coping, & Happiness Flashcards

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Define:

Coping?

A

Refers to anything people do to deal with or manage stress or emotions

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Identify:

Problem-Focused Coping Strategy?

When is it best to use?

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Solving the problem and seeking social support… taking assertive action

When we think we can change the situation

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Identify:

Emotion Focused Coping Strategy?

When is it best to use?

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Attempt to manage the emotional response; most useful when the cause of the stress is outside one’s control
Can used:
- Reappraisal *Best in reducing depression and anxiety *
- Distancing
- Escape-Avoidance
- Self Control
- Accepting responsibility

When something is beyond one’s control

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Identfiy:

Social Support Coping Strategy?

Direct Effects Hypothesis?

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Combination of problem and emotion focused coping

  • Develop social connectedness
  • Seeking advice from or talking with friends and loved ones

Social Support benefits health and is most frequent used way of coping

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Define:

Positive Traits & Positive Emotions?

Positive Pyschology Coping

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Optimism: Emphasize the positive
Pessimism: Emphasize the negative

Optimism is better for overall health and can faciliate recovery from physiological effects of negative emotions

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Explain:

Finding Meaning?

Positive Pyschology Coping

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People who find meaning in life admist tradegy are happier and are resilient

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Explain:

Meditation?

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  • Notices expereinces without clinging to or ascribing value to them
  • Allows one to keep thoughts in perspective
  • Benefits help and makes coping easier
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Explain Relationship between:

Defense Mechanisms & Anxiety?

Examples?

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Defense Mechanisms: Psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings
Examples:

Repression -Unconsioucs blocking of unwanted thoughts or experiences (Children who are abused)
Denial - Denying a situation

Projection -An individual tries to push their unnaceptable thoughts to another person (Since you hate someone; you tell yourself they hate you)

Displacement - Satisfying an impulse (Getting anger from work and taking it out by beating a dog)

Sublimation - Displacement but through socially acceptable ways (Anger at work so going to go workout)

Regression -Movement back in pyschological time to deal with stress (A child peeing their bed because of stress even though they are potty trained)

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Define:

Jumping to Conclusions?

Difference between Mind Reading and Jumping to conclusions?

Thinking Trap

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Making assumptions without consulting data
Ex: A cow corrects you for your uniform and you assume you will get hours

Its about events

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Define:

Mind Reading?

Difference between Mind Reading and Jumping to conclusions?

Thinking Trap

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Assuming that you know what someone else is thinking without any evidence
Ex: A cow corrects you for your uniform and you call them a square

Its about people

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Define:

Me, me, & me?

Ex?

Thinking Trap

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The reflex tendency to attribute problems to one’s own actions

Failed a PL100 WPR and blame yourself even with a valid excuse (sick)

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Define:

Them, them, & them?

Ex?

Thinking Trap

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The tendency to blame your problems on the actions of others

Your room failed inspection and you immediately blame your roomate

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Define:

Always, always, & always?

Ex?

Thinking Trap

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Believing that negative events are unchangeable and that you have little or no control over them - event focused

You always fail PL100 WPRs, and you assume you always will

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Define:

Everything, everything, & everything?

Ex?

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Believing you can judge a person or your own worth or ability based on a single situation

You get a 60 on your PL100 WPR and assume you are dumb

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Define:

Detecting Icebergs?

Where can it stem from?

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Deeply held beliefs and core values (idea about self and how you see the world) that can drive out of proportion emotions
Example:
If you see a fellow cadet get really upset about getting a B, they may have deeply held beliefs that they are not good enough and need to be perfect

Can go back to childhood

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Define:

Hunting the Good Stuff?

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Tool of reflection which counteracts a negativity bias
Qualities:
- Take time to recognize positive experiences
- Builds gratitude & enhances resilience
- Leads to improved health and optimal performance
- Ways to practice:
- Record three good things each week
- Reflect on their importance

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Explain:

ATC Model?

Why important?

A
  1. Activating Event
  2. Thoughts
  3. Consequences (ER)
    a) Emotions (feel)
    b) Reactions (Do or Don’t do)

Helps identify patterns in thinking and creating solutions