Health and Stress

Question 1

What are the 3 Sources of Stress

Answer 1

Catastrophic Events (covid 19, earthquake)

Major life changes (death of family, new job)

Daily Hassles (lost keys, traffic, arguments)

Question 2

What are the 5 categories of Covid Stress Syndrome

Answer 2

Danger & Contamination Fears
Xenophobia (racism)
Traumatic Stress
Socioeconomic Concerns
Cumpulsive Checking (news)

Question 3

What are Stress Appraisals

Answer 3

the process of evaluating and coping with a stressful event

Question 4

What is the difference between Primary and Secondary Appraisals

Answer 4

Primary = Evaluating how much demand is associated with the stress

Secondary = evaluating resources available for coping with it

Question 5

What are the 3 factors that affect the appraisal process

Answer 5

Novelty = have I experienced this before?

Predictability = Can I prepare for it?

Event uncertainty = Do I know it will happen?

all no = more stress

Question 6

What are the 3 TEMPORAL factors affecting stress appraisal

Answer 6

imminence = how soon will it happen?

Duration = how long will it last?

Temporal Uncertainty = do I know WHEN it will happen?

Question 7

What does SRRS stand for and what does it do

Answer 7

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

adds up the life changing units for each event that happened to you in the previous year

Question 8

In the SRRS how many points equal high risk, moderate, and low risk for illness because of stress

Answer 8

less than 150 = low

150-299 = moderate

over 300 = high