Stress, Coping & Cognition Flashcards
Define stress
- a stimulus, response and state which leads to confusion and ambugity
- disturbs the bodies equilibrium
What are the common themes of this unit?
- homeostasis
- stressors
- crisis
- adaptation
What does the general adaptation system consist of
- alarm reaction
- resistance stage
- exhaustion stage
what is the alarm reaction?
fight or flight
what is the resistance stage?
when the body begins to repair itself
what is the exhaustion stage?
organism starts to show health consquences
define homeostasis
return of system to a stable set point
What is primary appraisal?
identification
what is secondary appraisal?
coping strategies
what are the 2 types of crises?
developmental and situational
what is a developmental crisis?
mastering developmental task as an individual or family
what is a situational crisis?
- natural disaster
- end of an intimate relationship
- loss of work
what are the 2 types of stress response systems?
- sympathetic-adrenal-medullary-system
- hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
what can increase the risk of stress?
- mental illness
- cardiovascular disease
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- autoimmune disease
what are the different types of stress?
Distress
- damaging stress
Eustress
- Stress that protects health
Chronic stress
Acute stress
Trauma
PTSD
What are the 2 stress-related disorders?
- Acute stress disorder
- PTDS
How long does acute stress last?
up to 1 month after the event
How long does PTSD last?
longer than a month
How can stress be manifested?
- Emotionally
- Cognitively
- Physically
- Behaviourally
What was Newman’s system model about?
prevention strategies
What was the health promotion model about?
avoidance of negative events
define situational factors
- job changes
- illness
- caregiver stress
define maturational factors
vary with life stages
define sociocultural factors
environmental and social stressors precieved by children, adolescence and adults
examples of maladaptive coping
- drinking
- gambling
- avoidance
- binge eating
- mental escape
examples adaptive coping
- yoga
- exercise
- using humour
- problem solving
