Stress Flashcards
Stressor
external events that could casue internal stress response
Physiological stress response
- increase heartbeat etc
Distress
= psychological stress response
optimal stress
optimal stress is best desired
- increase motivation
Eustress
= too little stress
traumatic stressor
- sudden, likely to cause physical harm, high intensity
PTSD
post-traumatic stress disorder
= delayed stress
personal loss- Grief
interpersonal loss accompanied with stress and pain
- although a natural process, prolonged period can be fatal
disenfranchised grief
- unrecognised, non-understandable stress upon griefing
humiliation + targeted rejection
threats to prolonged stress
Chronic stressor
long-lasting, low intensity events
societal stressor
- cultural, economic, social environment
Burnout
- job-related
- depends on the degree of fit of employee and work environment
- job engagement
Compassion Fague
- secondary traumatic experience
- care-worker targetting
- comparison satisfaction
Major life event
positive/negative events can both cause stress
Daily Hassles
minor, irritating events such as queueing
fight or flight response
- activated sympathetic system
- epinephrine + cortisal
Taylor’s Tend-and befriend model
Females decrease stress via making social networks,
- because biologically predisposed to response to stress by nurturing offsprings and seek social support;
- higher level of oxytocin in women
Selye’s General Adaptation syndrome
Alarm = activated sympathetic Resistance = activated parasympathetic, resistance maintained Exhaustion = rapid arousal of parasympathetic, if not remove stressor, can be fatal
Immunosuppression
- during exhaustion stage, impairment of the immune system
moderator
minimise stress perceived from stressor
Type A/B personality
A = aggressive, hostile, intence B = relaxed
Locus of control
internal vs external
- cultural influence strategies:
- primary = change external; individualism
- secondary = change internal; collectivism
Resilience
capacity to adapt
