Stress Responses and Stress Management

Question 1

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Answer 1

-ACEs: sensitize people to stress in later life; these include
–any form of psychological, physical, or sexual abuse
–violence against a parent, particularly the mother
–living with people with substance use disorders, mentally ill, or incarcerated

Question 2

Early Stress-Response Theories

Answer 2

-Walter Cannon
-Fight-or-flight response
–body prepares for a situation that individuals perceive as threat to survival
–new research indicates that men and women have different responses to stress

Question 3

GAS

Answer 3

-Hans Selye
-Alarm or acute stress stage (the sympathetic nervous system is affected)
-Resistance or adaptation stage (stress continues)
-Exhaustion (resources and energy is now depleted)

Question 4

Bad Stress versus Good Stress?

Answer 4

-Distress: negative, draining energy resulting in anxiety, depression, and fatigue; stressors include losses, demands, worries, etc.
-Eustress: Positive, beneficial energy, that motivates and results in hope, joy, and purposeful moments. Causes are any uplifting, fun , or fulfilling events such as birth of a child, vacation, favorite physical activities, etc

Question 5

Effective stress Busters

Answer 5

-sleep
-exercise
-reduction or cessation of caffeine intake
-music
-pets
-massage