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Lecture 10: Stress, Coping and Health Flashcards

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stress

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feeling of emotional strain/pressure

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zoe’s procrastination skills

how stress works

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stimulus - “there’s all kinds of stress in my life”
response - “i’m feeling stressed out”
organism-environment interaction

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cat warfare meme

stress indicators

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  1. intensity/severity
  2. duration
  3. predictability
  4. controllability
  5. Chronicity
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i triple dawg dare u to poke that bear with a stick bear is pissed off

cognitive appraisal

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  • demands (primary)
  • resources (secondary)
  • consequences
  • meaning of consequences
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NOOO CONSEQUENCES NOOOOOOOOO

effects of cognitive appraisal

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  • worry
  • racing thoughts
  • low self confidence
  • expecting the worst
  • feeling hopeless
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types of physiological responses

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  • Sympathetic arousal
  • stress hormones
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effects physiological responses

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  • muscle tension
  • elevated heart rate
  • shortness of breathe
  • increased susceptibility to illness
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maddie procrastination skill + keeley’s need for alcohol

coping and task behaviours

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  • task-irrelevant responses
  • behavioural rigidity/disorganization
  • self-destructive behaviours (substance abuse, alcohol etc…)
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stressor

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events that place a strong demand on us that endanger our well-being

(physical or psychological)

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microstressors

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daily hassles and everyday annoyances we encounter

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catastrophic events

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war, natural disaster, etc

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major negative events

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crime, abuse, death, career failure, major illness, etc

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history of among us

measuring stressful life events

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  1. history of the person
  2. self report measures
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what is stress?

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  1. start by appraising situation and implications for us
  2. make mistakes and distort our appraisal at any point in progress
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actually do the triple dawg dare

appraising situation and implications

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  1. appraisal of the demands (primary appraisal)
  2. appraisal of the resources available to deal with it (secondary appraisal)
  3. judgment of consequences of situation
  4. appraisal of personal meaning – what outcome might imply about us
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biological aspects of stress

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  1. HPA-Axis
  2. CRH (stress response)
  3. CRH stimulates pituit
  4. ACTH travels to kidney’s where it stimulates adrenal glands to release cortisol
  5. high lvls of cortisol trigger hypothalamus and hippocampus to stop stress hormone
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HPA-Axis

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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

(huge penis attraction)

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CRH

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external stressors trigger hypothalamus to release corticotropin-releasing hormone

(car really hot)

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ACTH

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adrenocorticotropic hormone
(ants cuck the horse)

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what is stress?: Physiological

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activation of sympathetic nervous system and release of stress hormones

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how does stress work physiologically?

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  1. increase heart rate & respiration to get oxygen-rich blood to muscles
  2. slow down digestion allow blood to be diverted from muscles
  3. pupils dilate to increase amount of light coming into eye and enhance vision
  4. immune system is suppressed to reduce inflammation/swelling of tissue
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what is stress?: response system

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  1. fight-flight-freeze
  2. parasympathetic nervous system activates to reduce arousal
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fight-flight-freeze

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  1. if stressor continues, stress-response will continue and body remains vigilant
  2. resistance and bodies continued mobilization of resources so that we can function despite presence of stressors
  3. bodies resources become depleted, exhaustion takes place
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stress: exhaustion untreated

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  1. lead to greater increase in disease, collapse and death
  2. system breakdown is usually the weakest
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system breakdown stress

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  1. cardiovascular (heart disease, heart attacks, stroke)
  2. psychological (mood disorders, psychotic episodes)
  3. immune system (possibility of developing disease/infection)
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positive association btwn negative life events

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  1. reported symptoms of psychological distress
  2. third variable causation (never trust correlations for causation)
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triangle of stress

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1) negative life event scores
2) Psychological distress
3) third possible factor (ex. neuroticism)

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stressful events correlate with immediate health effects: examples

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  1. LA earthquake # of heart attacks increase
  2. death of spouse people show higher mortality rates then married people
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high stress association diseases examples

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  1. arthritis
  2. bronchitis
  3. stomach/intestinal uclers
  4. heart disease
  5. asthma
  6. migraines
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immune system functioning

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  1. increase risk of illness
  2. couples who experience conflict had immune system decrease
  3. eating comfort foods that are usually less healthy
  4. engaging in activities to “unwind” that are less healthy
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brain functioning and cortisol

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prolonged exposure to hippocampus (important to memory and learning) leads to deterioration and memory impairment

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vulnerability factors

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increase people’s susceptibility to stressful events

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protective factors

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environmental or personal resources that help people cope for effectively with stress

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what are coping skills and protective factors

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  • social support
  • coping skills
  • personality factors
  • mental framework
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social support

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knowing we can rely on others for help and support in a time of crisis

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facts of social systems

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  1. social symptoms increase sense of identity and meaning
  2. increased positive feelings with friends
  3. sharing of resources – money, food, knowledge/advice
  4. social pressure to prevent maladaptive coping
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social isolation

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lack of social support

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facts of social isolation

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  1. controlling for medical factors, people with weak social ties have increased mortality rates then people with strong ties
  2. effect was stronger for men then women
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types of vulnerability/protective factor

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  1. individual
  2. family
  3. extrafamilial context
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individual

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  • good intellectual function
  • appealing, socialable, easygoing disposition
  • talents
  • faith
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family

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  • close relationship to caring parent figure
  • authoritative parenting; warmth, structure, high expectations
  • socioeconomic advantages
  • connections to extended supportive family
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extrafamilial context

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  • bonds to prosocial adults outside the family
  • connections to prosocial organization
  • attending effective schools
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hardiness

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stress-protective factors and personality traits that characterize the ability to cope effectively with stress

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commitment to…

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  • work
  • families
  • believe what they’re doing is important
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control

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  • internal locus of control
  • belief they have control over outcomes as opposed to being powerless to influence events
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challenge

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  • look at demands of situation as opportunity rather threat, stimulating higher levels of performance

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