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Stress & Physical Health [Health Psych] - Coggle Diagram
Stress & Physical Health [Health Psych]
Personality, Hostility & Heart Disease
coronary heart disease
reduction in blood flow in coronary arteries, which supply heart with blood
risk factors
smoking
lack of exercise
high cholesterol levels & high blood pressure
inflammation plays a key role
initiation & progression of CHD
↑ coronary risk ⇌ Type A personality
includes 3 elements
strong competitive orientation
impatience & time urgency
anger & hostility
↑ coronary risk
ambitious, hard driving perfectionist
exceedingly time-conscious
highly competitive
irritable workaholics
drive themselves with many deadlines
involves self imposed stress
& intense rxn to stress
↑ risk of heart disease
Type B personality
relatively relaxed, patient, easy going, amicable behavior
less hurried
less competitive
less easily angered
Emotional Rxn, Depression & Heart Disease
emotions
heart disease
transient mental stress & resulting emotions people experience
tax the heart
strong emotional rxn
trigger heart attack
with coronary heart disease
difficult to document the connection
brief periods of mental stress
trigger sudden symptoms
heart disease
elicit cardiac symptoms
freq. outburst of anger
particularly dangerous
significant ↑ in cardiovascular vulnerability
depressive disorders
risk factor
heart disease
persistent feelings of sadness & despair
common form of mental illness
↑ rates of depression
found in indiv. suffer heart disease
emotional dysfunction
heart disease
Stress, Other Disease & Immune Functioning
immune response
body's defensive rxn to invasion by bacteria, vital agents / other foreign substances
protect organisms from many diseases
stress ⇌ suppressed immune activity
high stress
↑ likelihood of infected by viruses
impt connections
stress, immune function & vulnerability
long term stress
↑ chronic inflammation
factor in heart disease
diverse array of diseases
arthritis
osteoporosis
results
immune system dysregulation
connections
stress ⇌ physical illness
eg. life stress ⇌ course of rheumatoid arthritis
Sizing Up Link Between Stress & Illness
stress ⇌ physical health
stress
causation of illness