Chapter 5: Coping and Social Support

Question 1

approach coping

Answer 1

form of coping where you actively attempt to solve the problem or address the stressor

Question 2

avoidant coping

Answer 2

form of coping where you focus more on emotions resulting from the stressor and ignore or avoid the stressful experience itself. It involves mental or behavioral methods to deal with with the feelings resulting from the stress

Question 3

Biofeedback

Answer 3

procedure where a computer or other monitoring device measures heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressure in real-time allowing one to modify one’s behavior and thinking to see resulting changes in cardiovascular reactions. A form of relaxation.

Question 4

coping

Answer 4

process of making efforts to manage distressing problems and emotions that affect the physical and psychosocial outcomes of stress

Question 5

coping strategies

Answer 5

specific behavioral and psychological effort that people use to master, reduce and minimize stressful events

Question 6

coping styles

Answer 6

general predispositions to dealing with stress; they are tools a person tends to use repeatedly

Question 7

emotion-focused coping

Answer 7

involves mental & behavioral methods to deal with feelings resulting from stress

Question 8

familialism

Answer 8

cultural value that emphasizes close family relationships. bonds, and ties

Question 9

hardiness

Answer 9

people who strongly committed to enjoy their lives, enjoy challenges and have a high level of control over their lives

Question 10

mastery

Answer 10

the extent to which one regards one’s life chances as being under one’s own control

Question 11

network measures

Answer 11

a measure that researchers use to assess one’s social support network; involves

Question 12

optimism

Answer 12

personality trait where a person has a general tendency to expect that good things, rather than bad things, will happen

Question 13

perceived support

Answer 13

social support the person believes to be available to him or her

Question 14

personality

Answer 14

an individual’s unique set of consistent behavioral traits, where traits are durable dispositions to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations

Question 15

positive psychology

Answer 15

area of psychology that involves the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. Major foci are emotions and individual traits

Question 16

problem focused coping

Answer 16

involves directly facing the stressful situation and working hard to resolve it with strategic planning

Question 17

received support

Answer 17

the social support the person reports was provided to him or her

Question 18

religiosity

Answer 18

measure of how religious a person is commonly assessed counting the frequency of temple/church/mosque/ synagogue attendance, the average frequency of prayer , and the commitment to religious rituals.

Question 19

resilient

Answer 19

used to describe an individual who bounces back from stressful events repeatedly. High resilience is linked to better health outcomes

Question 20

social convoy model

Answer 20

theory suggesting that people are motivated to maintain their social network sizes as they themselves age, despite changes in the composition of the networks. Individuals construct and maintain social relationships while becoming increasingly aware of specific strengths and weakness of particular members

Question 21

socioemotional selectivity theory

Answer 21

theory of social support change that proposes that people prune their social networks to maintain a desired emotional state

Question 22

systematic desensitization

Answer 22

form of classical conditioning in which stressful thoughts or events are paired with relaxation

Question 23

Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern

Answer 23

Pattern found by cardiologists that demonstrates that patients who showed a sense of time urgency, competitiveness and hostility were found to have higher risk for coronary heart disease and stress