STRESS

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occurs when a person has difficulty dealing with life situations, problems, and goals

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Stress

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the stimulus or event that causes stress

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Stressor

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involve brief focal events that sometimes continue to be experienced as overwhelming well after the event has ended

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Acute Stressors

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include events that persist over an extended period of time.

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Chronic Stressors

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the individual’s physiological and psychological response to stressors

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Stress Response

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It is coined by Hans Selye

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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Reflects the physiologic responses to stressors

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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Individual’s immediate response to a stressor

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Alarm Stage

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Facilitates achievement of optimal adaptation in resisting the stressor

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Resistance Stage

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Continued, chronic response to stress depletes the body’s reserves causing tissue damage and injury

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Exhaustion Stage

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Who developed the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping?

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Developed by Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman

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This model reflects the psychological responses to stressors

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Transactional Model of Stress and Coping

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How does stress happens?

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Stress happens when there is an imbalance between demand (pressure from stress) and resources (ability cope and mediate stressor

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involves judgment about the degree of potential harm

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Primary Appraisal

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involves one’s judgment of the options available to cope with a stressor, as well as perceptions of how effective such options will be

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Secondary Appraisal

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defined as the thoughts and behaviors mobilized to manage internal and external stressful situations.

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Coping

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attempts to change the source of stress

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Problem-based coping

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Used when one feels to have control over a stressful situation, allowing necessary changes to the source of stress

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Problem-Based Coping

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attempts to reduce negative emotional state or appraisal of demands

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Emotion-based coping

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Used when one has little perceived control over the situation

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Emotion-based coping

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Problem-Based Coping Strategies

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-Define the problem

-Generate and evaluate potential solutions

-Learn new skills to manage stressor

-Re-appraisal by reducing our ego involvement

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Solves the problem that is causing the anxiety, so the anxiety is decreased

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Adaptive

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The patient is objective, rational, and productive

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Adaptive

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Temporary relief allows the patient to return to problem solving

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Palliative

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Unsuccessful attempts to decrease anxiety without attempting to solve the problem

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Maladaptive