W3 Chapter 5.1 What is Stress? Flashcards
What factor supports resilience
Having a positive affect
What four factors increase resilience
- being male
- being older
- being well educated
- having more economic resources
What is resilience
The healthy psychological and physical functioning of a person after a potentially traumatic event
What are the two detriments of interview based rating scales
- costly
- time consuming
What are the benefits of interview based rating scales
more reliable than checklist base approaches
What’s the difference between a crisis and stress
A crisis overwhelms a person’s ability to cope.
Stress does not necessarily overwhelm the person.
What is a crisis
A stressful situation that exceeds the adaptive capacities of a person
What are the sixfactors that increase the intensity of stressors
- severity of the stressor
- chronicity (how long it lasts)
- its timing
- how closely it affects our lives
- how expected it is
- how controllable it is
When you are stressed or depressed you are more likely too experience a situation as …
negative
What is a person’s ability to withstand stress without being impaired called?
Stress tolerance
The effects of stress may be cumulative with each stressful event making the system …
more reactive
Which form of the 5HTTLPR gene is likely to cause depression when individuals are exposed to four or more stressful life events
two short forms (s/s genotype)
Which gene is linked to how likely a person will become depressed in the face of life stress
the 5HTTLPR gene
Twin studies have shown that differences in coping styles may be linked to …
underlying genetic differences
What four individual characteristics have been identified as improving a person’s ability to handle life stress
- (higher) levels of optimism
- (greater) psychological control
- (increased) self-esteem
- (better) social support
What are the two impacts on adolescents with parents who are depressed?
- increased sensitivity to stressful events
- increased likelihood of experiencing depression after stressful life events
Which two severe stressors are children particularly vulnerable to?
- war
- terrorism
What are the three key differences in the disorders of adjustment and acute stress disorder?
- the [severity] of the disturbances
- the [nature] of the stressors
- the [time frame] which the disorders occur
What two other disorders are in the new category of trauma and stressor-related disorders?
- Adjustment disorder
- Acute stress disorder
What new category did the DSM-5 introduce (stress)
Trauma and stressor-related disorders
Which DSM was PTSD classified as an anxiety disorder
DSM-IV-TR
What is bad stress called?
Distress
Seyle noted stress can occur in …
Negative and positive situations
What are coping strategies?
Efforts to deal with stress
What is stress?
the effects stressors create within an organism
What are stressors?
External demands
