Hardiness

Question 1

What is hardiness

Answer 1

A personality type that can cope with stress and acts as a protective barrier

Question 2

3 aspects

Answer 2

Control = hardy people see themselves as being in charge of their life and not controlled by outside forces

Commitment = involved in world around them and have a sense of purpose. E.g: volunteering

Challenge = see challenge as problems to overcome rather than stressors and see stressful situations as opportunities to learn

Question 3

Kobasa Study

Answer 3

. 670 American males business executives were studied - assessed stress using SSRS
. According to this 150 found to have high stress but some had low scores indicating factor mediating effects of life events
^ participants who were high on stress but low on illness scored high on the 3 characteristics

Question 4

Evaluation

Answer 4

Correlational Studies (W) = don’t show cause and effect relationship between variables, other factors could be involved

Hardiness Training (S) = given rise to hardiness training so individuals can learn to see stressors as a challenge

Gender Bias and Ethnocentrism (W) = results can’t be generalised, managers have different living conditions from people in lower positions