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In general, it is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse circumstances

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Stress

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What are the 3 kinds of stress?

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Eustress
Neustress
Distress

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This kind of stress is considered as good stress. Enjoyable and non-threatening

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Eustress

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This stress has a sensory stimulus that has no direct consequence on the person. It is a “neutral” stress.

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Neustress

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Stress that occurs on situations that you consider negative or threatening

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Distress

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This is any situation or individual that gives you mental or emotional strain

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Stressor

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THis is the body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response

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Stress

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This refers to strategies that you use to deal with real or imagined problems to protect yourself against negative emotions

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Coping

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What are the types of coping?

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  1. Problem focused coping
  2. Emotion focused coping
  3. Cognitive coping
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This type of coping focuses on controlling or changing the source of stress. it is a practical manner

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Problem-focused coping

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This type of coping involves eliminating negative emotional responses.

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Emotion-focused coping

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This type of coping involves a conscious intellectual activity

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Cognitive coping

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What are the strategies for cognitive coping? (p 193)

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  1. Reframing
  2. Challenging negative thinking
  3. Positive self-talk
  4. Count to ten
  5. Cost-benefit analysis
  6. Smell the roses
  7. Keeping perspective
  8. Reducing uncertainty
  9. Using imagery/visualization
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She noted the differences on how Americans and FIlipinos express sympathy

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Mary Catherine Bateson (1968)

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She proposed to take a second look at the supposed negative Filipino traits and values

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Emerita Quito

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A state of mental or emotional strain caused by the person’s social environment relationships

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Social stress

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THis is a common denominator for social stress

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Social status

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She wrote a book, “Suicide”, which shows how social organizations of groups influences individual behavior of members

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Emilie Durkheim

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What are the 3 primary types of suicide?

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Egoistic
Altruistic
Anomic

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This type of suicide occurs when a person feels that he is not accepted or does not belong on society

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Egoistic suicide

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This type of suicide occurs when a person ends his life for others

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Altruistic suicide

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This type of suicide is linked to disillusionment and disappointment

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Anomic suicide

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A concept developed by Durkheim to describe a state where social norms were confused or unclear

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Anomie

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What are the 2 major types of stressors?

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Life events
Chronic strains
(Aneshensel, 1992)

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What are the common types of role strains?

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Role overload
Interpersonal conflicts within role sets
Inter-role conflict
Role Restructuring

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This type of role strain demands on an individual to exceed his capcity to handle

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Role overload

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This type of role strain are problems and difficulties that arise in a relationship.

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Interpersonal Conflicts within Role sets

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This type of role strain happens when two or more roles held by a person are incompatible

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Inter-role Conflict

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This type of role strain happens when long established patterns undergo considerable change and the person needs to adapt/adjust

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Role restructuring

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This is a sociological perspective that focuses on the language and symbols to help give meaning to life experiences

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Symbolic interactionism

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This refers to personal responses or things people do to prevent distress

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Coping

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What are the factors of social stress for a person?

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Social status
Race
Gender

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These people discovered that race continues to be an important predictor of distress

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Ronald Kessler and Harold Neighbors

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This is a person’s ability to take in the expectations and projections of others and take these as the person’s own

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Introjection

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This is the set of ideas, beliefs and expectations shared by a particular group of people. (Yoost and Crawford 2015)

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Culture

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He presented a motivational theory which outlines human needs illustrated in a hierarchy

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Abraham Maslow

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What is considered as your basic needs in Maslow’s Hierarchy?

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Physiological needs
Safety needs

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What are the psychological needs of the hierarchy?

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Belongingness and love needs
Esteem needs

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These are needs that makes a person not feel anything when the needs are met, but becomes anxious if they are not met

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Deficiency needs

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This is a type of need that enables the person to reach his full potential

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Growth need

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This is described as taking deliberate acts of looking after yourself

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Self - care

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This is framed as an emotion, and is a felt response to perceiving suffering that involves an authentic desire to ease distress

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Compassion

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This is defined as a emotional experience of another person’s feelings; an automatic mirroring of another’s emotion

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Empathy

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This refers to the unselfish regard or devotion to the welfare of oth

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Altruism

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