Health Psych Flashcards
Lazarus 1999
Cognitive appraisal deicides whether or not smth is stressful so stress response is not fully driven by the HPA axis
Ordaz et al 2012
Suggests that females experience greater negative effects during adolescence due to changes in their cortisol levels so gender may also be affecting stress responses as well as the physiology
Siripada et al 2012
Investigated role of amygdala in patients with PTSD by using nueroimaging
Gilbertson et al 2002
Smaller hippocampal volume increases susceptibility to stress
Mason 1975
Argues that when we are presented with a stressor we make an assessment of the situation. This influences the type of physiological response we produce
Rodriques et al 2009
Neural structures associated with emotional are altered by stress hormones
Fleming at al (1982)
social support can aid someones ability to cope with some effects of stress by reducing the physiological and behavioral effects of stress
also found that social support did little to limit physiological arousal to stressor so limits its effect to stress prevention rather than management
Carver et al (1989)
found venting of emotions to be a dysfunctional tendency which could lead to negative coping strategies
ozbay et al (2009)
dampened HPA axis activity in presence of social support
contanza et al (1988)
high negative effect on stress when talking to someone prior to a stressful event
sonuga-barke and mystry (2000)
mothers in extended families experienced higher levels of anxiety
schimdt et al (2010)
studnets who focused on antecedent focused strategies of studying had more positive emotions when reappraising the situation
parkes and hughes (2017)
found personality plays a significant role in choosing coping patterns
