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Define stress: |
It is the mental and physical response and adaptation by our bodies to real or perceived change and challenges. |
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Different types of stress: Eustress |
It is positive stress, presents the opportunity for personal growth and satisfaction and can actually improve health. |
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Different types of stress: Distress |
Negative stress, more likely to occur when you are tired, under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. It can have a detrimental effect in the health, |
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Different types of stress: Acute stress |
A version of distress it comes from demands and pressures of the recent past and near future. It is usually intense and lasts for a short time. It disappears without leaving permanent damage to your health. Positive: it can encourage you to rise to the occasion and put your best foot forward. Negative: it can cause headache, nausea, diarrhea, galloping heart beat, stammering, shaking, sweaty hands, and forgetfulness. |
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Different types of stress: Episodic acute stress |
It's the state of regularly reacting with wild acute stress to various situations. |
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Different types of stress: chronic stress |
It's a response to ongoing or numerous perceived threats. It can linger indefinitely and wreak havoc on your body |
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Different types of stress: traumatic stress |
Is often a result of witnessing or experiencing events like major accidents, war, shootings, sexuality violence, assualt, or natural disasters. Effects of traumatic stress may be felt for years after event and cause significant disability, potentially leading to posttraumatic stress disorder, or ptsd affecting roughly 3.5 percent of us. |
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Explain key stress theories: General adaptation syndrome (GAS) |
The pattern followed in the physiological response to stress, consists of three phases: Alarm phase, Resistance phase, and Exhaustion phase. |
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Phases of General adaptation syndrome (GAS): Alarm phase |
Body in protect mode, flight or flight mode. The autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for fight is triggered, it also controls the part of the body that cannot be consciously controlled like the heart. The ANS has two systems the sympathetic that energizes the body and parasympathetic nervous system which slows systems stimulated by the stress response. It uses cortisol, epinephrine, and endorphins to energize. |
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Phases of General adaptation syndrome (GAS): Resistance phase |
The body tries to return to homeostasis by resisting the alarm response. It uses oxytocin the cuddle hormone to calm the body. |
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Phases of General adaptation syndrome (GAS): Exhaustion phase |
The hormones, chemicals, and systems that trigger and maintain the stress response are depleted by substances like oxytocin and the body's attempts to bring systems into balance. |
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Explain key stress theories: Transactional Model of stress and coping |
Theorized by Richard Lazarus who says our reaction to stress is largely about the interaction between person's perception, coping ability, and the environment. In other words, your history, experience, and beliefs of a stressor will influence how you act to it. This model consists of 4 stages, Apparaisal, Secondary appraisal, coping, and post assessment. |
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Stages of Transactional Model of stress and coping: Appraisal |
In which you size up whether the stressor is a real threat. |
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Stages of Transactional Model of stress and coping: Secondary Appraisal |
Assess if your actions will reduce the threat with what resources you have. |
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Stages of Transactional Model of stress and coping: Coping |
Take action to reduce the threat |
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Stages of Transactional Model of stress and coping: Post assessment |
You examine what happened and decide whether take more action |
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Explain key stress theories: Minority stress perspective |
The role that stress plays in the lives of minority populations, largely caused by disparities, persistent rejection, alienation, and hostility. |
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Explain key stress theories: Yerkes-Dodson law of arousal |
When stress increases, performance goes up, but only to a point, too much stress can drive performance down. |
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Explain key stress theories: Gendered response to stress |
Men more prone to fight or flight, women more prone to tend and befriend by befriending the enemy or receiving support from others. Women will have higher oxytocin levels and will seek out friendship, men will withdraw from it. |
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List physical health risks that may occur from chronic stress. |
Cardiovascular disease, weight gain, hair loss, diabetes, digestive problems, impaired immunity, mental health, memory, and concentration. Psychological effects on stress cause depression, alzheimers, and dementia. Stress on mental health causes exhaustion. |
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Explain individual factors that influence how someone copes with stress |
Biological: Age, genetics, health status Past experiences: attitude and exceptions Perceptions: Degree of control, ability to cope. |
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Explore stress-management and stress reduction techniques and coping approaches. |
Shift: change perspective and Persist: keep trying Stress inoculation: plan ahead before stress happens. Develop a compassionate voice Develop a support network Cultivate your spiritual side Manage emotional responses and perceptions Develop psychological resilience: ability to bounce back psychologically Positive and proactive personality Experiences leading to self efficacy Sense of control, flexibility, adaptability Balance and perspective in reactions Perceived safety net of social support. Use mindfulness to solve problems |
