Hardiness

Question 1

What is hardiness

Answer 1

Trait used to explain why some people cope well with stress

Question 2

Who devised hardiness

Answer 2

Maddi and Kombasa

Question 3

What are the three 3s

Answer 3

Commitment, control and challenge

Question 3

Challenge

Answer 3

View everything as a positive, change is a challenge

Question 4

Control

Answer 4

High internal LOC control in charge

Question 5

Commitment

Answer 5

give all to something power to beat/ overcome

Question 6

Maddi PP

Answer 6

400 managers at bell telephone company who under went huge organisation lost thousands of jobs

Question 7

Findings Madi

Answer 7

2/3 managers had severe health issues, heart problems, drug abuse.
1/3 happier more forfilled had elements of all 3 cs

Question 8

Kabasa PP

Answer 8

670 americains middle senior managers 40-49 years old

Question 9

Kobasa procedure

Answer 9

Used schedule of recent events to identify high level of stress over 3 years also looked at absientesm records

Question 10

Kobasa findings -

Answer 10

Managers not respond same way- resilient tolerate high stress levels without being ill- all 3 cs shown

Question 11

A03

Answer 11

Research support- Contrada
Practical app- Navy special forces look for these traits within recruitment
Role of 3 cs hard to differentiate not seperate

Question 12

Supportive research contrada

Answer 12

68 undergrad students in a lab study deemed stressful, high level of hardiness ahd low blood pressure levels. Hardiness indirect efffects as have health benefits, training to become healthier or reduce physiological effects on body