Chapter 12 Stress and Illness Moderators Flashcards
5 main functions of coping
reduce harmful conditions
tolerate or adjust to negative events
maintain positive self image
maintain emotional equilibrium
maintain satisfactory relationship with the environment
what is primary control coping and what is secondary control coping
p.c.c. = acts on stressor or emotions
s.c.c.= adaptation to stressor
what 8 subscales are distinguished by the ways of coping scale
confrontive coping
distancing
self-control
seeking social support
accept responsibility
positive reappraisal
planned problem solving
escape avoidance
dimensions for coping of Endler et al
task-orientation
avoidance-orientation
emotion-orientation
name the Eysenck variables for personality and the Big Five
Eysenck:
Neuroticism
Extroversion
Psychoticism
Big Five:
Agreeableness
Extraversion
Conscientiousness
Openness to Extraversion
Neuroticism
what did Kobasa research
he found a specific belief system in those that expeirenced a rich and resourceful youth
this manifested in feelings of commitment, control and challenge
this was termed hardiness
resilience and hardiness what’s the difference
resilience is more a disposition, personality trait
hardiness exists for a reason (nice youth)
What personality type exhibits the strongest emoitonal reaction to stress and is characterized by being easily annoyed and competitive
Type A
which personality type is called cancer prone
there are different subtypes
type c is most important: cooperative and appeasing, compliant and passive, stoic, unassertive and self-sacrificing
characterize Type D personality
high negative affectivity
social inhibition
cardiovascular disease prognosis
difference between locus of control and self-efficacy
both control mechanisms
- span different parts of coping response
- one is where problems originate and one is ability to deal with them
hope
person’s belief that they can set and achieve plans
overlap with dispositional optimism and self-efficacy
is motivational, bidirectional relationship with emoiton and is rooted in finding meaniing
depression and anxiety
their relationship with disease is controversial
depends ons pecific disease
with CHD has negative relationship about outcomes
may reflect underlying negative affectivity
influence via
physiological pathway
-carotoid plaques
- increased inflammatory cytokines
behavioral pathway
cognitive pathway
- rumination
name the two interacting factors that characterize social support as a variable in health-protection
structure of the social network
function of the individual in said network
name two theories that explain the way social support affects health
direct effect hypothesis
- good SS is helpful even in asbence of stress and low SS is detrimental even when no stress is actually experienced
buffering hypothesis
- SS exerts its effect in periods of high stress, when it acts protective by influencing appraisal and modifying coping
