What three techniques are there for managing stress?
Psychodynamic
Cognitive
Behavioural
Social
Developmental
One approach to manage stress is the cognitive approach. Who investigated this approach?
Meichenbaum
Budzynski
Waxler-Morrison
Meichenbaum proposed a method to manage stress and this was SIT, what does this stand for?
Systematic Inventive Thinking
Stress Inoculation Therapy
System Integration Test
This involved three steps, what were these steps?
Establish hierarchy, learn coping mechanism, counter conditioning
Conceptualisation, skills aquisition and rehearsal, application and follow through
The aim of Meichenbaums study was to; compare SIT with behavioural systematic desensitisation and a control group on a waiting list.
How were anxiety levels measured at the beginning of the study?
Galvanic skin responses
Self report
Urine samples
Which group produced the greatest improvement in anxiety levels?
Control group
Systematic desensitization group
SIT group
Waxler-Morrison conducted a study to manage stress using the behavioural approach
He did this by using the technique called...
Social Support
Health Belief Model
Biofeedback
18 volunteers were split into 3 groups of 6, which were; - group 1: true biofeedback and therapy - group 2: false biofeedback and therapy - group 3: waiting list
Diaries of headaches were used with rating scales from 0 to 5; mild to severe. Along with a questionnaire that tested for depression and hysteria.
What were the findings of this study? x2
The group with true biofeedbacks muscle tension was significantly higher than the group with false biofeedback
The group with true biofeedbacks muscle tension was significantly lower than the group with false biofeedback
Both the groups with false and true biofeedback showed a reduction in depression and insomnia
Both the groups with false and true biofeedback showed an increase in depression and insomnia
There are many different kinds of support, what are they? x4
Social Companionship Support
Invisible Support
Esteem support
Educational Support
Informational Support
Instrumental Support
Who investigated women with breast cancers social support?
Cowpe
Dannenburg
Social support led to an increase in in stress.
