Types of Coping
The process by which people try to manage the perceived discrepancy between the demands and resources they appraise in a stressful situation
What is coping?
Passive behaviour produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events
What is learned helplessness?
Protecting oneself from unpleasant reality by refusing to perceive or face it
What is denial of reality?
Involves physical and emotional exhausting, cynicism, and a lowered sense of self-efficacy that can be brought on gradually by chronic work-related stress
What is burnout?
Benson- term for repition and imagination that leads you to directly speak to you own unconscious mind
What are affirmations?
This type of coping is aimed at the controlling the emotional response to the stressful situation
What is emotion focused coping?
Any behaviour that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally
What is agression?
Gratifying frustrated desires by imaginary achievements
What is fantasy?
Involves enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event
What is PTSD?
Effective affirmations are- (3 points)
1) stated in the positive, 2) written down on paper, 3) posted everywhere for repeated viewing
What is problem focused coping?
According to Freud: the release of emotional tension
What is catharsis?
Cutting off emotion from hurtful situations or separating incompatible attitudes so that the appear unrelated
What is intellectualization (isolation)?
Friedman and Rosenman: apparent connection between coronary risk and a syndrome they call the (...) which involves self-imposed stress and intense reactions to stress
What is Type A personality?
Benson and Friedman (1995), the Three Legs supporting health & well-being
What are pharmaceuticals, surgery and medical procedures, and self-care
The two components of emotion focused coping that include (drugs, distraction, and support) and (denial, optimism, hardy personality)
What are behaviour and cognition?
Increased stress that leads to reduced impulse control, and pleasurable behaviour (e.g., smoking, eating, gambling)
What is self-indulgence?
Covering up felt weakness by emphasizing some desirable characteristic, or making up from frustration in one area by overgratification in another
What is overcompensation?
Leading cause of death in North America
What is heart disease?
The leg in Benson and Friedman's model that has been missing from traditional Western health and well-being practices
What is self-care?
Atoning for or trying to magically dispel unacceptable desires or acts
What is undoing?
the a constellation of attitudes, beliefs, and behavioural tendencies that consists of three components: commitment, control, and challenge
What is hardiness?