txtbook p3

Question 1

Coping can be described in 3 steps:

Answer 1

1)appraisal of the environmental demand as benign, threatening, potentially harming (for oneself or for important others), challenging or annoying (primary appraisal);

2)appraisal of one’s own personal resources and the available choices to appropriately deal with the demand (secondary appraisal)

3)development of specific coping strategies

Question 2

Although literature shows that frequency and intensity of traumatic experience and life events are not higher in old age and daily stressors are even less frequent in late life

Answer 2

However vulnerability to stress may increase with age

Question 3

Dyadic coping

Answer 3

coping with another person

is used more by older adults and considered a compensation mechanism for cognitive changes in old age

Question 4

Older adults may be especially skilled with proactive coping:

Answer 4

organizing their lives to avoid racing situations as much as possible in light of declining resources

Question 5

In environment where performance is critical, older people may rely less on avoidant coping and focus more on

Answer 5

active coping in order to compensate for decline in resources

Question 6

vital aging

Answer 6

program shown to shown to improve older adult’s self perceptions, self efficacy, and their vision of aging, while increasing frequency of physical exercise and cultural, intellectual, affective, and social activities