Module 04: Empowerment - Stress, & Coping Flashcards
critical awareness
Becoming knowledgeable of the injustices or the oppressions in an individual’s life and in society around them.
advocacy
Advocacy involves active promotion of a cause or principle involving actions that lead to a selected goal.
Shift-and-Persist
A strategy for adapting to stress that requires individuals to first shift their views of the problem and themselves within the context of the problem/stressors.
community-based participatory research
Research that involves an exchange of resources and ideas between researchers and the community members as a way of understanding that is guided by community needs, also known as “participatory action research.”
public policy
The laws, regulations, course of action, and funding priorities issued by the government to address a social issue at the local, state, and national level.
dehumanizing structures
Also known as power structures; structures created in society that benefit the oppressor class in the form of institutions, policies, influence, and other societal constructs.
emotion-focused coping style
When an individual responds with efforts to manage the emotional response to a stressful event by focusing directly on it in a constructive way.
community resilience
The collective ability of a defined group of people or geographic area to deal with change or adversity effectively.
intra-organizational strategies
Activities or actions that promote empowerment between departments or divisions within an organization.
seeking help
When an individual responds by using other people as a resource to assist in finding a solution, understand the problem, or express feelings of distress related to the problem.
overload
The “wear and tear” on the body when stress response is triggered too often and/or remains hyperactive too long.
acute stressors
Observable stressful events that are time-limited.
coping styles
The personality dispositions or traits that transcend the influence of the situational context and time when choosing coping strategies (Lazarus, 1993).
organizational empowerment
A process in which an organization exerts its control and influence to facilitate the empowerment of its members. The process includes supporting organization members, building coalitions with other organizations, and making changes in the community around the organization.
avoiding the problem
Involves avoidant actions and cognitive avoidance, these strategies attempt to manage emotions by trying to avoid thinking about the stressor.
homeostatis
An ideal “set point” that depends on the person and context. The homeostatic process is a tendency toward a relative equilibrium between independent processes.
psychological empowerment
A process by which one first increases critical awareness and understanding of the power dynamics that occur at multiple levels in one’s life. To address these power dynamics, one then develops skills for gaining control over affected aspects of one’s life.
coping models
Refer to approaches that explain the processes of how an individual handles a stressor(s). An individual’s coping model will be determined by cultural, social, and personality characteristics of people and will elicit a given set of coping strategies.
ecological approach
Understanding the relationships between people and their social environments (e.g., families, groups, communities, and societies).
support-seeking strategies
Strategies for coping with stress, which include seeking advice or information, or direct assistance from others.
resilience
A dynamic process characterized by positive outcomes despite adversity or stress.
exploitation
Exploitation occurs when one social group is able to take for itself what is produced by another group.
community empowerment
Empowerment occurring at the community level, in which members uses resources, develop skills, exert influence, and effectively organize to address the issues that matter to the community.
respect for diversity
Acknowledgment, acceptance, and respect for the full range of human characteristics in their social, historical, and cultural contexts.
capacity building
A process in which communities or organizations work to improve their collective skills and resources.
oppression
Oppression can be described as the collusion of dehumanization and exploitation.
adaptive coping
Refers to the effectiveness of a given coping response within a given context and for a given challenge or problem that the individual experiences as stressful.
societal empowerment
Empowerment occurring at the societal level; considers the equitable distribution of resources and access to power broadly across groups.
problem-focused coping style
When the individuals respond with cognitive and behavioral efforts at managing or altering the problem causing distress.
empowerment
The process of gaining power emerging at the individual, organizational, community, and societal levels, which are affected by peoples’ previous experiences, skills, actions, and context.
seeking-understanding coping style
When an individual responds by finding meaning and understanding, not seeking to put a positive interpretation on the problem, but to learn.
at-risk
Individuals who experience significant and chronic stressor events and are at-risk for developing associate physiological (e.g., cardiovascular complications) and psychological (e.g., anxiety, depression) symptoms.
self-efficacy
An internal belief in one’s innate ability to achieve a desired goal.
leadership
In community psychology practice, the ability to enhance the capacity of individuals and groups to lead effectively, by collaboratively engaging, energizing, and mobilizing individuals and groups regarding an issue of shared importance (Dalton & Wolfe, 2012).
stress
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events that we appraise as threatening or challenging.
individual empowerment
A process in which one believes in one’s capabilities and develops skills to take control over aspects of one’s life.
dehumanization
Involves redefining the targets of prejudice and violence by making them seem less human (that is, less civilized or less sentient) than other people.
coping process
Ongoing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage external or internal demands/problems/challenges perceived by the individual as stressful. The process for coping is influenced by the context where the demand arises, the time the stressors last, and how long before one responds.
chronic stressors
Persistent demands on an individual; typically open-ended, using up our resources in coping but not promising resolution.
