Chapter 7 - Stress, Coping, and Health

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Strain Occurs when resources are not adequate for a person to achieve positive events or to avoid or escape negative events.
Coping Behavior that is motivated to meet life's demands and their consequences.
Stress Results when life demands exceed available coping resources either because the demand is too great or the resources are inadequate.
Self-Medication Hypothesis Using alcohol, nicotine, or illicit drugs in order to alleviate symptoms of stress.
Comfort Food Food that relieves our physiological and psychological distress.
Stressors Demands that produce stress.
Eustress Physiological arousal that resulted from positive events.
Distress The opposite of eustress and occurs when arousal is too low or too high.
Same Domain Effect Negative events produce distress and reduce the quality of life. Positive events increase positive feelings and increase the quality of life.
Preparatory Response Hypothesis A signal preceding a biologically relevant event allows the organism to prepare for that event.
Safety Hypothesis Maintains that it is crucial to distinguish safe intervals when shock is not being delivered from unsafe intervals when it is.
Life Changing Unit Each unit equals a degree of adjustment considered necessary to cope with a life change event.
Acute Stress Disorder Posttraumtic Stress Disorder (PTSD) A cataclysmic stressor or traumatic event that threatens a person or others with death or serious injury.
General Adaptation Syndrome The observation that stress involved the whole body as it went through three stages: alarm reaction, stage or resistance, and stage of exhaustion.
Psychophysiological or Psychosomatic Disorders Another name for medical conditions such as, asthma, headaches, heart disease, hypertension, an ulcers.
Psychoneuroimmunology The relationship between psychological stressors, the immune system, and disease.
Immune System The line of defense against invading microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, that are responsible for various diseases.
Open Window Hypothesis States that a few hours after strenuous exercise the immune system is suppressed and allows an "open window" when natural killer cell activity is low and when there is greater opportunity for a virus or bacteria invade and infect the body.
Moderator Variables Characteristics of the environment or of the person that alter the relationship between stressors and stress.
Primary Appraisal A potential event is evaluated as to whether or not it is relevant, benign, positive, or stressful.
Secondary Appraisal Assesses what strategies can meet the demands of life events.
Problem-focused Coping Involves trying to identify the problem more clearly and to consider potential solutions.
Emotion-focused Coping Involves managing the negative reactions of the accompanying stress.
Buffering Hypothesis Various forms of social support buffer or protect an individual from the harm of potential stressors.
Sense of Humor Has no clearly agreed-on definition but does involve the propensity to habitually smile, laugh, and be amused in a variety of situations.
Hardiness A personality trait composed of three characteristics: control, commitment, and challenge.
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