Definitions
Types of Stress
Coping
Support Systems
Crisis Management
100
a physical reaction to stressors
What is Stress
100
Loosing your home to a tornado
What is a disaster?
100
A combination of the stressor, resources for managing it and the meaning of the event create this.
What is the severity of a stressor.
100
listening to and assisting a family member who is stressed
What is internal support?
100
the first stage in the adjustment to crisis model
What is Denial?
200
A type of stress that creates excitement, pleasure or motivates for successes.
What is Eustress?
200
when a friend jumps out from behind the door and shouts "Boo"
What is unexpected stress?
200
a response to crisis or stress that leads to new levels of functioning
What is coping?
200
Using positive thinking techniques and time management skills
What is internal support?
200
efforts to deal with crisis are ineffective and family members experience lowered self-esteem and isolation
What is Disorganization?
300
individualized understanding of a stress event
What is perception?
300
Dealing with the crowding and chatter while waiting in line for lunch.
What is normative stress?
300
a personal practice of reducing stress by using visualization and deep breathing
What is meditation?
300
12 step programs, grief counselling, single parent groups, etc
What is external support?
300
Hitting bottom in a crisis situation
What is maximum disorganization?
400
This creates negative reactions for the individual.
What is Distress?
400
Anxiety amoung family members during the holiday season.
What is situational stress?
400
alcohol, over eating, drug use and/or excessive sleeping
What are unhealthy methods of coping?
400
Barriers to coping
What are isolation, lack of energy, extreme sense of responsibility?
400
Family begins to use both internal and external resources to start solving problems associated with the crisis
What is temporary recovery?
500
Any demand on an individual that is physical, mental, emotional or environmental.
What is a Stressor?
500
Two 13 year old girls having drama over a boy.
What is developmental stress?
500
may involve reaching out to community resources
What is effective coping?
500
set aside quiet time, share thoughts and feelings openly and encourage each other
What is strengthening the family unit
500
reorganization recovery must have this to be 'true' recovery from the crisis
What is new reality?
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