Chapter 5 Intervention Flashcards
Interventions
activities to prevent a stressor from resulting in negative consequences, such as psychological discomfort, anxiety, illness and disease
Stress
formulated by Richard Lazarus
is the result of a demand that exceeds resources available to meet that demand
Coping
is engaging in a behavior or thought to respond to a demand
task oriented coping
emotion focused coping
Primary appraisal
judging how much of a threat is involved, and how important is the outcome
secondary appraisal
determining whether resources needed to meet the demand are available
reappraisal
evaluation of whether the response made to a demand/threat was effective
self efficacy
confidence in the ability to manage a demand/threat
cognitive appraisal
interpretation of a stressor
stress model
life situation perceived as stressful emotional arousal physiological arousal consequences
roadblocks
set up between the life situation and perception
Robert Epstein found there are 4 trainable skill sets to effective manage stress
- source management - reduce or eliminate the source of stress
- relaxation
- though management - reinterpreting stressful thoughts to be less stressful
- prevention - planning to avoid stressors
Incomplete stress management programs teach …
participants only one or just a few stress management skills
Complete comprehensive stress management includes …
intervention at all phases of the stress theory model and several means of intervening at each of these locations.
distress
stress that results in negative consequences such as decreased performance and growth
eustress
stress that results in positive consequences such as enhanced performance or personal growth
