ch 5 5.1 Flashcards
what hostile individuals tend to have?
less social support.
Research suggests that excessive anger and hostility are associated with?
increased risk for various types of heart disease.
engaging in repetitive negative thinking about some event. Going over and over the incident heightens negative feelings as well as depression
rumination.
characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and despair.
Depressive disorders.
depressive disorders are fairly common of?
psychological disorders.
the most common psychological reaction to have heart attack is?
depression.
that the emotional dysfunction of depression may cause
heart disease.
malignant cell growth, which may occur in many organ systems in the body.
Cancer.
marked by muscle rigidity in the region of the head and neck, are what people most frequently experience.
tension headaches,
what is stress characterized by?
headache.
what stress can do to the immune functioning?
undermine it.