28. Managing Chronic Medical Ilness Flashcards
what is emotional health
it involves experiencing and appreciating a wide range of feelings, as well as ability to express feelings in a healthy way
emotionally healthy people use coping skills to avoid feeling overwhelmed by negative emotion
What is spiritual health
Relates to the principles and values that guid a person thru life
-it involves a conviction that life is meaningful and that ones life is supported by reality greater than oneself
What is social health
Social health refers to the ability to:
- Relate to others
- Express care and concern for those around us
- Interact effectively w others
- Develop satisfying interpersonal relationships
What is walter cannon’s view on stress
- biological self regulation process that enables an organism to adapt to life demands
- stressor results in a change in physiological activity followed by homeostatic return to base
What was hans selye 3 stage model of chronic stress
General adaption syndrome
- -Alarm
- -Resistence
- -Exhaustion
What is stress according to selye
Stress as a non specific bodily response to demands
what is the social readjustment rating scale
Rates life changing events and scores them
what does <150, 150-300, 300+ score on social readjustment rating scale mean
<150- Relatively low amount of life change, low susceptibility to stress induced health breakdown
150-300- Implies 50% change of a major health breakdown in next 2 years
300+- raises the odds to 80% of a major health breakdown in next 2 years
What did researcher Richard Lazarus think about stress
More emphasis should be placed on subjective appriasles of life events
-created a score designed to capture perceived everyday life difficulties or hassles rather than purely objective probs (scale of uplifts and hassles)
What are examples of uplifts and hassles on richard lazarus scale
Hassles- concerns about weight, health of fam etc
Uplifts- relating well w lover, feeling healthy etc
What were the 3 mc happles
Concerns about weight
health of fam member
Rising price of goods
What were the 3 mc uplifts
Relating well with spouse
relating well w friends
completing task
How is apprasal of a situation different from perception
Appraisal differs from perception in that it involves making a judgement about the significance of an event
(during the process of appraisal an event is filed as a threat or a challenge)
How is appraisal linked to emotion
Appraisal patterns are linked to particular emotional responses as each appraisal pattern has its own correlation or meaning
Stressor vs stress
Stressor- cause
Stress- effect
