Stress and Coping
Stress and Coping
Stress – any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to
threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s ability to cope.
Stress and Coping
Stress – any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to
threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s ability to cope.
Each of us experience stress multiple times per day.
Stress and Coping
Stress – any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to
threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s ability to cope.
Each of us experience stress multiple times per day. Some
stresses may be major (you are the victim of a crime, parent
dies, divorce, injury or serious illness) but most are minor.
Stress and Coping
Stress – any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to
threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s ability to cope.
Each of us experience stress multiple times per day. Some
stresses may be major (you are the victim of a crime, parent
dies, divorce, injury or serious illness) but most are minor.
Major stress can have deleterious effects on us
psychologically as well as physically.
Stress and Coping
Stress – any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to
threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s ability to cope.
Each of us experience stress multiple times per day. Some
stresses may be major (you are the victim of a crime, parent
dies, divorce, injury or serious illness) but most are minor.
Major stress can have deleterious effects on us
psychologically as well as physically. But minor stresses can
also be damaging because their effects tend to accumulate.
Our ability to respond successfully to stressing situations
depends primarily on the process of Appraisal, that is, how
one subjectively judges the events that might lead to stress.
Stress and Coping
Stress – any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to
threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s ability to cope.
Each of us experience stress multiple times per day. Some
stresses may be major (you are the victim of a crime, parent
dies, divorce, injury or serious illness) but most are minor.
Major stress can have deleterious effects on us
psychologically as well as physically. But minor stresses can
also be damaging because their effects tend to accumulate.
Our ability to respond successfully to stressing situations
depends primarily on the process of Appraisal, that is, how
one subjectively judges the events that might lead to stress.
Martin Seligman has looked at how one’s appraisal
(explanatory style) of stressful events affects the impact
these events have upon us.
Martin Seligman’s
Research on Explanatory
Style and Reaction to
Stressful Events.
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Reactions to Frustration:
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Reactions to Frustration:
The Frustration Effect (FE)
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Reactions to Frustration:
The Frustration Effect (FE) – the behavior that
immediately follows frustration is likely to be
elevated in energy level.
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Reactions to Frustration:
The Frustration Effect (FE) – the behavior that
immediately follows frustration is likely to be
elevated in energy level.
Frustration-Induced Aggression
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Reactions to Frustration:
The Frustration Effect (FE) – the behavior that
immediately follows frustration is likely to be
elevated in energy level.
Frustration-Induced Aggression – hostility directed
toward the object or person that has prevented us
from reaching our goal.
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Reactions to Frustration:
The Frustration Effect (FE) – the behavior that
immediately follows frustration is likely to be
elevated in energy level.
Frustration-Induced Aggression – hostility directed
toward the object or person that has prevented us
from reaching our goal.
- Aggression is often times displaced, that is,
shifted onto another person or object other
that the one responsible for our frustration
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Conflict – when two or more incompatible motivations or
behavioral impulses compete for expression.
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Conflict – when two or more incompatible motivations or
behavioral impulses compete for expression. (Can be
Approach or Avoidance tendencies involved).
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Conflict – when two or more incompatible motivations or
behavioral impulses compete for expression.
Life Changes – significant alterations in one’s living
circumstances that require us to adjust or life style in some
way.
Stress Comes About as the Result
of Changes in Our Lives To Which
We Must Readjust
Psychological Events That Can Cause Stress
Frustration – the negative psychological experience that
results from the progress toward some expected goal being
blocked, thwarted, or delayed.
Conflict – when two or more incompatible motivations or
behavioral impulses compete for expression.
Life Changes – significant alterations in one’s living
circumstances that require us to adjust or life style in some
way.
Pressure – expectations or demands of others that we
behave in a particular way.
Responding to Stress
Responding to Stress
Responding to Stress
Responding to Stress
Responding to Stress
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress.
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress. Selye believed these reactions to be
“general”, that is, nonspecific, occurring in this way regardless of
the source of stress (physiological or psychological).
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress. Selye believed these reactions to be
“general”, that is, nonspecific, occurring in this way regardless of
the source of stress (physiological or psychological).
Stage 1. The Alarm Reaction
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress. Selye believed these reactions to be
“general”, that is, nonspecific, occurring in this way regardless of
the source of stress (physiological or psychological).
Stage 1. The Alarm Reaction characterized by sympathetic arousal
as the body marshals its resources to respond to the stressful
circumstances (fight-or-flight).
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress. Selye believed these reactions to be
“general”, that is, nonspecific, occurring in this way regardless of
the source of stress (physiological or psychological).
Stage 1. The Alarm Reaction characterized by sympathetic arousal
as the body marshals its resources to respond to the stressful
circumstances (fight-or-flight).
Stage 2. The Stage of Resistance
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress. Selye believed these reactions to be
“general”, that is, nonspecific, occurring in this way regardless of
the source of stress (physiological or psychological).
Stage 1. The Alarm Reaction characterized by sympathetic arousal
as the body marshals its resources to respond to the stressful
circumstances (fight-or-flight).
Stage 2. The Stage of Resistance – coping efforts get underway as
the body works to overcome the source of stress.
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress. Selye believed these reactions to be
“general”, that is, nonspecific, occurring in this way regardless of
the source of stress (physiological or psychological).
Stage 1. The Alarm Reaction characterized by sympathetic arousal
as the body marshals its resources to respond to the stressful
circumstances (fight-or-flight).
Stage 2. The Stage of Resistance – coping efforts get underway as
the body works to overcome the source of stress.
Stage 3. The Stage of Exhaustion
The General Adaptation Syndrome (Hans Selye)
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model of the body’s
response to stress. Selye believed these reactions to be
“general”, that is, nonspecific, occurring in this way regardless of
the source of stress (physiological or psychological).
Stage 1. The Alarm Reaction characterized by sympathetic arousal
as the body marshals its resources to respond to the stressful
circumstances (fight-or-flight).
Stage 2. The Stage of Resistance – coping efforts get underway as
the body works to overcome the source of stress.
Stage 3. The Stage of Exhaustion – with prolonged stress, the
body’s resources become depleted, the subject weakens, the
immune reaction becomes compromised, cessation of efforts,
collapse, death.
Selye’s General
Adaptation
Syndrome
Responding to Stress
Health Psychology
Health Psychology
100 years ago, the major causes of death in America were
infectious diseases.
Health Psychology
100 years ago, the major causes of death in America were
infectious diseases. Today, the major reasons that people
get sick are due to (or heavily influenced by) decisions we
make about the way we live our lives.
How can
psychology
involved in
health care?
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Ulcers
Hypertension
Heart Disease
Skin Disorders
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
Hysteria
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
Psychogenic Immune Deficiency
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
Psychogenic Immune Deficiency – numerous disorders are
tied to reduced immune reactions which may have a
psychological origin.
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
Psychogenic Immune Deficiency – numerous disorders are
tied to reduced immune reactions which may have a
psychological origin. People that have Depression,
Pessimism, or Anger are more likely to develop a host of
different diseases.
Heart Disease and Chronic Anger
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
Psychogenic Immune Deficiency – numerous disorders are
tied to reduced immune reactions which may have a
psychological origin.
Health-Impairing Behaviors
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
Psychogenic Immune Deficiency – numerous disorders are
tied to reduced immune reactions which may have a
psychological origin.
Health-Impairing Behaviors – people greatly increase their
likelihood of disease or premature death by engaging in selfdestructive behaviors.
How Psychological Processes Impact Upon Health
Psychosomatic Diseases – physical ailments can be traced to
a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in
unhealthy ways.
Conversion Reactions – physiological symptoms with no
demonstrable physical change in the body.
Psychogenic Immune Deficiency – numerous disorders are
tied to reduced immune reactions which may have a
psychological origin.
Health-Impairing Behaviors – people greatly increase their
likelihood of disease or premature death by engaging in selfdestructive behaviors.
Smoking
Excessive Alcohol Consumption
Poor Food Choices
Lack of Exercise
Risky Sexual Activity
Psychology is the
Key to Modern
Day Health
Practices