Stressors Flashcards
In general, it is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse circumstances
Stress
What are the 3 kinds of stress?
Eustress
Neustress
Distress
This kind of stress is considered as good stress. Enjoyable and non-threatening
Eustress
This stress has a sensory stimulus that has no direct consequence on the person. It is a “neutral” stress.
Neustress
Stress that occurs on situations that you consider negative or threatening
Distress
This is any situation or individual that gives you mental or emotional strain
Stressor
THis is the body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response
Stress
This refers to strategies that you use to deal with real or imagined problems to protect yourself against negative emotions
Coping
What are the types of coping?
- Problem focused coping
- Emotion focused coping
- Cognitive coping
This type of coping focuses on controlling or changing the source of stress. it is a practical manner
Problem-focused coping
This type of coping involves eliminating negative emotional responses.
Emotion-focused coping
This type of coping involves a conscious intellectual activity
Cognitive coping
What are the strategies for cognitive coping? (p 193)
- Reframing
- Challenging negative thinking
- Positive self-talk
- Count to ten
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Smell the roses
- Keeping perspective
- Reducing uncertainty
- Using imagery/visualization
She noted the differences on how Americans and FIlipinos express sympathy
Mary Catherine Bateson (1968)
She proposed to take a second look at the supposed negative Filipino traits and values
Emerita Quito
A state of mental or emotional strain caused by the person’s social environment relationships
Social stress
THis is a common denominator for social stress
Social status
She wrote a book, “Suicide”, which shows how social organizations of groups influences individual behavior of members
Emilie Durkheim
What are the 3 primary types of suicide?
Egoistic
Altruistic
Anomic
This type of suicide occurs when a person feels that he is not accepted or does not belong on society
Egoistic suicide
This type of suicide occurs when a person ends his life for others
Altruistic suicide
This type of suicide is linked to disillusionment and disappointment
Anomic suicide
A concept developed by Durkheim to describe a state where social norms were confused or unclear
Anomie
What are the 2 major types of stressors?
Life events
Chronic strains
(Aneshensel, 1992)
What are the common types of role strains?
Role overload
Interpersonal conflicts within role sets
Inter-role conflict
Role Restructuring
This type of role strain demands on an individual to exceed his capcity to handle
Role overload
This type of role strain are problems and difficulties that arise in a relationship.
Interpersonal Conflicts within Role sets
This type of role strain happens when two or more roles held by a person are incompatible
Inter-role Conflict
This type of role strain happens when long established patterns undergo considerable change and the person needs to adapt/adjust
Role restructuring
This is a sociological perspective that focuses on the language and symbols to help give meaning to life experiences
Symbolic interactionism
This refers to personal responses or things people do to prevent distress
Coping
What are the factors of social stress for a person?
Social status
Race
Gender
These people discovered that race continues to be an important predictor of distress
Ronald Kessler and Harold Neighbors
This is a person’s ability to take in the expectations and projections of others and take these as the person’s own
Introjection
This is the set of ideas, beliefs and expectations shared by a particular group of people. (Yoost and Crawford 2015)
Culture
He presented a motivational theory which outlines human needs illustrated in a hierarchy
Abraham Maslow
What is considered as your basic needs in Maslow’s Hierarchy?
Physiological needs
Safety needs
What are the psychological needs of the hierarchy?
Belongingness and love needs
Esteem needs
These are needs that makes a person not feel anything when the needs are met, but becomes anxious if they are not met
Deficiency needs
This is a type of need that enables the person to reach his full potential
Growth need
This is described as taking deliberate acts of looking after yourself
Self - care
This is framed as an emotion, and is a felt response to perceiving suffering that involves an authentic desire to ease distress
Compassion
This is defined as a emotional experience of another person’s feelings; an automatic mirroring of another’s emotion
Empathy
This refers to the unselfish regard or devotion to the welfare of oth
Altruism
