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Stress

The tension, discomfort, or physical symptoms that arise when a situation, strains our ability to cope effectively.

Stressor

The situation or event inducing stress

Stressors As Stimuli

Identifying different types of stressful events. Stress is caused by stressful events. Disastors, Trauma, Evolving life demands.
Stress as a transaction
Situations demand a certain amount of your resources. If the situation is too large, or too many of them you break down.
Primary Appraisal
Initial decision regarding whether an event is harmful
Secondary Appraisal
Perceptions regarding our ability to cope with an event that follows primary apraisal
Problem-Focused Coping
Coping strategy by which we problem solve and tackle life's challenges head on.
Emotion-Focused Coping
Coping strategy that features a positive outlook on feelings or situations accompanied by behaviours that reduce painful emotions.
Stress as a Response
An examination of people's psychological and physical reactions to stressors.
Corticosteroid
Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstances.
Hassles
Minor annoyance or nuisance that strains our ability to cope.
Hassles Scale
A way to measure stressful events.
General Adaptation Syndrome
Stress response pattern proposed by Hans Selye that consists of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.
Alarm Reaction
Excitation of the Autonomic Nervous System, Release of adrenaline, and physical symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety resides in the Limbic system, Amygdala, hypothatlamus, and hippocampus. Fight or Flight
Resistance
Adapts to stressor, and copes with it.
Fight-or-flight response
Physical and psychological reaction that mobilizes people and animals to either defend themselves or escape a threatening situation.
Tend and Befriend
Reaction that mobilizes people to nurture(tend) or seek social support(Befriend) under stress.
Exhaustion
Negative downturn in our ability to handle stress as a result of prolonged stress. Can damage organ systems
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Follows stressful events, Involves flashbacks, vivid memories, avoiding reminders of trauma. Increased arousal, detachment from others.
Anxiety
The longer we are exposed to stress, the higher the chance that the anxiety changes into depression. Caused by stress
Brain-Body relationship
Body responds based off how brain deals with situation. How you think about things really matters.
Immune System
Our body's defense system against invading bacteria, viruses, and other potentially illness-producing organisms and substances.
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
A life-threatening, incurable, yet treatable condition in which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks and damages the immune system
Psychoneuroimmunology
Study of the relationship between the immune system and central nervous system. Prolonged stress increases chance of catching cold.
Biopsychosocial Model
Emotions contribute to, maintain, or aggravate illness. The view that an illness or medical condition is the product of the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors.
Psychophysiological
Illnesses such as asthmas and ulcers in which emotions and stress contribute to, maintain, or aggravate the physical condition.
Peptic Ulcer
Inflamed area in the gastrointestinal tract that can cause pain, nausea, and a loss of appetite.
Coronary heart disease (CHD)
Damage to the heart from the complete or partial blockage of the arteries that provide oxygen to the heart.
Social Support
Relationships with people and groups that can provide us with emotional comfort and personal and financial resources.
Behavioural Control
problem vs avoidance coping. Face the problem, or avoid it
Cognitive Control
Emotion focused coping, Take control of own thoughts, dont let negativity get to you.
Decisional Control
Power to make own decesions, Deciding whether to take responsibility or not.
Informational Control
You choose how to get information, confidence is found when well informed.
Emotional Control
Ability to suppress and express emotions.
Catharsis
Expressing what we feel
Proactive Coping
Anticipation of problems and stressful situations that promotes effective coping.
Optimism
Tend to be more prductive, focused, persistent, and better at handling frustration.
Spirituality
Lower mortality rates, improved immune system, lower blood pressure and recover from illness more readily.
Hardiness
Set of attitudes marked by a sense of control over events, commitment to life and work, and courage and motivation to confront stressful circumstances.
Rumination
The Degree to which we focus on how bad situations are, and analyze the cause and consequences of situations
Health Psychology
Field of psychology, also called behavioral medicine, that integrates the behavioral sciences with the practice of medicine.
Smoking
Most preventable risk of fatal disease
Alcohol
Motor Accidents, increase risk of cancer, liver problems, neurological problems.
Exercise
has a role in relieving depression and anxiety.
Aerobic exercize
Exercise that promotes the use of oxygen in the body.
Alternative Medicine
Health care practices and products used in place of conventional medicine
Complimentary Medicine
Health care practices and products used together with conventional medicine.
Biofeedback
Feedback by a device that provides almost an immediate output of a biological function, such as heart rate or skin temperature.
Meditation
A variety of practices that train attention and awareness.
Acupuncture
Ancient Chinese practice of inserting thin needles into more than 2000 points in the body to alter energy forces believed to run through the body
Homeopathic Medicine

Remedies that feature a small dose of an illness-inducing substance to activate the body's own natural defenses.