Stress, Anxiety and Health Flashcards
What are the 3 characters of stress?
1) Subjective sensations - headache, nausea, fatigue
2) Behaviour - smoking, drinking, crying, lack of concentration
3) Health - CHD, cancer, colds, skin disease
Pick whether the following types of stress result in increasing health or increasing ill-health:
1) Stress of boredom
2) Moderate levels of pressure
3) Stress of excess pressure
1) Increasing ill-health
2) Increasing health
3) Increasing ill-health
Which hormone increases with stress?
Cortisol
Who noticed the general adaptation syndrome when faced with stress?
Selye
General adaptation syndrome:
When faced with multiple stresses what happens to the stage of resistance?
Shortens
How is psychological stress linked with immunity?
Those with high psychological stress are more likely to acquire a cold (twice as likely)
What is PTSD?
Post traumatic stress disorder
Who discovered the social re-adjustment scale?
Holmes and Rahe
Type A behaviour
Thinking/doing 2 things at once Scheduling more activities into less time Hurrying the speech of others Becoming irritated waiting in line Havig difficulty sitting/doing nothing
Who discovered appraisal process?
What are the 3 stages?
Lazarus and Folkman
1) Primary
2) Secondary
3) Reappraisal
Anxiety symptoms can be categorised into which 3?
Physical
Psychological
Behaviour
Name 3 ways to manage stress.
Relaxation
Meditation
Exercise
Coping with stress can be focused in 2 ways - what are these?
1) Problem focused
2) Emotion focused
