Health - 7 Flashcards
What did kobasa say about hardiness
Hardiness is a personality that tends to be associated by CCC, tends to be associated with more adaptive psycho-physiological response to stress
Commitment
Control
Challenge
What did kobasa find in 1979 when she assessed ill health 670 business managers of vet two years
Fewer health complaints in managers with higher levels of hardiness
Which type of personality means how the stress
Type A
What did Friedman and Rosenman find when reviewing the personality types of 3000 middle aged healthy men in a 12 year longitudinal study
Found that that men from the type A personality group had twice as many heart attacks than men from the Type B group
What hat aspect of Type A is an important risk factor for CHD
Hostitlity
Greater hostility leads to more probability of recurrent CHD events
What did students report after going through with Animal assisted interaction
Majority of students reported at least 2-3 points reduction in levels of stress following AAI, sone student reporting as much as a 4-5 point.
What is AAI associated with
Positive psychological changes and improved cognition
Also
Improved immunity
Fewer health complaints
What is virtual
Uses high quality computer graphics and sounds and body tracking technology is o induce and immersive sensory experience
What are the advantages of using VR for therapy
Time efficient
Low cost
Ambulatory
Ford not rely on trained personnel and I implement
Who can benefit from VR therapy
PTSD combat veterans, depressive patients, children with autism
How does VR therapy work
Systematically exposing combat veterans with PTSD to trauma inducing stimuli seems to be associated with gradual desensitising to stress invoking material, as well as reductions in overall distress and trauma
Positive psychological effects also observed for phobia patients
