3.3.3 Hardy Personality (Str)

Question 1

A person with a hardy personality can be described as what?

Answer 1

Tough

Question 2

A person with a hardy personality thrives when?

Answer 2

When faced with stressful situations

Question 3

In hardy coping, how do people high in hardiness respond to stress?

Answer 3

Identify stressful circumstances analyse how to resolve them (problem focused coping)

Question 4

In hardy coping how do people low in hardiness respond to stress?

Answer 4

Avoid it by engaging in distracting activities such as eating
(Emotion focused coping)

Question 5

In hardy social interaction how do people high in hardiness respond to stress?

Answer 5

Get social support from others and give it back

Question 6

In hardy social interaction how do people low in hardiness respond to stress?

Answer 6

Feel victimised by those around them

Question 7

In hardy self care how do those high in hardiness respond?

Answer 7

Healthy diet and lifestyle

Engage in relaxation

Question 8

In hardy self care how do people low in hardiness respond?

Answer 8

Poor diet and low exercise

Question 9

(3 C’s) who introduced the concept of the hardy personality?

Answer 9

Kobasa and Maddi

Question 10

(3 C’s) kobasa and maddi were interested in factors which might do what?

Answer 10

Protect or buffer people against the effects of stress

Question 11

(3 C’s) what are the 3 Cs?

Answer 11

Control
Commitment
Challenge

Question 12

(3 C’s) how does control relate to people high in hardiness?

Answer 12

Internal locus of control

They are in control over their lives and actions

Question 13

(3 C’s) how does commitment relate to people high in hardiness?

Answer 13

Sense of purpose in their life, work and relationships

Despite difficulties they stay involved and avoid alienating themselves

Question 14

(3 C’s) how does challenge relate to people high in hardiness?

Answer 14

See stressful events as opportunity for growth and development
Recognise life is tough and stress is natural
Acknowledge and learn from failure

Question 15

(How 3c’s buffer) kobasa said high levels of the 3Cs have what effect?

Answer 15

Protect against harmful effects of stress

Question 16

(How 3c’s buffer) the 3c’s mean when faced with a stressor an individual will fare better with their what?

Answer 16

Coping strategies
Social interaction
Self care
Feeling less stressed overall

Question 17

(How 3c’s buffer) hardy individuals will experience less what?

Answer 17

Of a psychological and biological response to stress

Question 18

(How 3c’s buffer) hardy individuals will have reduced risk of heart attack why?

Answer 18

Less adrenaline and Lower blood pressure

Question 19

(How 3c’s buffer) why will hardy individuals have reduced risk of diabetes?

Answer 19

Better self care

Question 20

(How 3c’s buffer) why will individuals high in hardiness have reduced risk of colds?

Answer 20

Stronger immune system

Question 21

(Early research) what did kobasa devise?

Answer 21

Questionnaires to assess the 3Cs

Question 22

(Early research) kobasa found people with high scores on the 3Cs reported fewer what?

Answer 22

Stress related symptoms

This was a negative correlation

Question 23

(Early research) who was kobasa’s research mainly conducted on?

Answer 23

Male white collar workers

Question 24

(Early research) maddi conducted research on employees at which company? And what was happening at that time?

Answer 24

Bell telephone company

Many redundancies and reorganisation

Question 25

(Early research) maddi found how many employees had a hardy personality?

Answer 25

1/3

Question 26

(Early research) maddi - those with hardy personalities had fewer what? And better what?

Answer 26

Fewer stress related illnesses

Better mental health

Question 27

(Early research) maddi - when controlling for all other factors what was hardiness most important in?

Answer 27

Buffering against effects of stress