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Stress and Health, Factors (Sociocultural Factors (job stress - stressed…
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Factors
Sociocultural Factors
acculturative stress - stress resulting from the need to change and adapt a person’s ways to the majority culture
job stress - stressed cause from either losing a job, needing to acquire a job, or from the surrounding environment within the job
burnout - negative changes in thoughts, emotions, and behavior as a result of prolonged stress or frustration, leading to feelings of exhaustion
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Cognitive Factors
cognitive appraisal - how people think about a stressor determines, at least in part, how stressful that stressor will become
Lazarus, Richard - implemented the cognitive-mediational theory of emotions using primary and secondary appraisal
primary appraisal - involves estimating the severity of a stressor and classifying it as either a threat or a challenge
secondary appraisal - involves estimating the resources available to the person for coping with the stressor
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Health
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - the three stages of the body’s physiological reaction to stress, including alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
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Selye, Hans - coined the term eustress to describe the stress experienced when positive events require the body to adapt and identified general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Stress-Related Diseases
coronary heart disease (CHD) - the buildup of a waxy substance called plaque in the arteries of the heart
diabetes - disease typically occurring in middle adulthood when the body either becomes resistant to the effects of insulin or can no longer secrete enough insulin to maintain normal glucose levels
cancer - collection of diseases that can affect any part of the body, in which cancer cells divide without stopping
natural killer (NK) cells - immune-system cell responsible for suppressing viruses and destroying tumor cells
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immune system - the system of cells, organs, and chemicals of the body that responds to attacks from diseases, infections, and injuries
Coping
Factors
social support system - the network of friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers, and others who can offer help to a person in need
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culture - customs, arts, and overall social standards of a group of people
Strategies
problem-focused coping - one tries to eliminate the source of a stress or reduce its impact through direct actions
emotion-focused coping - one changes the impact of a stressor by changing the emotional reaction to the stressor
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