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23 Cards in this Set
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stressors |
eliciting stimuli or events that place strong demands on us |
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stress |
a pattern of cognitive appraisals, physiological responses, behavioural tendencies when there is an imbalance between situational requirements and personal capabilities to deal with them |
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life event scales |
the amount of life stress that a person has experienced over a given period of time |
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primary appraisal |
determining how threatening a situation is |
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secondary appraisal |
ability to cope with the demands established by the primary appraisal |
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general adaptation syndrome |
a physiological response to strong and prolonged stressors |
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cortisol |
triggers an increase in blood sugars (partly by acting on the liver). also suppresses immune system, so injuries do not swell and impede motion (anti-inflammatory) |
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rape trauma syndrome |
to be nervous and fear attacks of another rape, even years after the fact |
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neuroticism |
heightened tendency to experience negative emotions and to get themselves into stressful situations through their maladaptive behaviour |
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PTSD |
severe anxiety disorder than is caused by exposure to traumatic life events |
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vulnerability factors |
increase people's susceptibility to stressful events |
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protective factors |
help people deal more effectively with stressful events |
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hardiness |
commitment, control and challenge |
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resilience |
unexpectedly good recovery from something, as opposed characteristics to cope with stress |
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coping self-efficacy |
the conviction that we can perform the behaviours necessary to cope successfully |
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health psychology |
studies the psychological and behavioural factors in the treatment and prevention of illness and maintenance of health |
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transtheoretical model |
how people change |
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motivational interviewing |
leads people to their own conclusions, by getting them to make a plan for what they want to improve |
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multimodal treatment |
biological and psychological treatments together, for example |
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abstinence violation effect |
person becomes upset and self-blaming for the failure to remain abstinent |
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lapse |
one time slip |
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relapse |
returning to bad habit |
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harm reduction |
not to eliminate a behaviour but to reduce it's harmful effects when it does occur |
