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Psychology in Action (8e)

by Karen Huffman

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Chapter 3: Stress and Health Psychology

Karen Huffman, Palomar College


Lecture Overview

Understanding Stress

Stress and Illness

Health Psychology in Action

Health and Stress Management


Understanding Stress

What is Stress?

– A nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it;

– the arousal, both physical and mental, to situations or events that we perceive as threatening or challenging.


Understanding Stress: Sources of Stress


Understanding Stress: Sources of Stress (Continued) Cataclysmic

Events: stressors that occur suddenly and generally affect many people simultaneously


Understanding Stress: Sources of Stress (Continued)

Chronic Stressors: ongoing, long lasting, unpleasant events


Understanding Stress: Sources of Stress (Continued) Life Changes:

life events that require some adjustment in behavior or lifestyle



Hassles:: small, everyday problems that accumulate to become a source of stress


Understanding Stress: Sources of Stress (Continued) Occupation Burnout::

state of psychological and physical exhaustion resulting from chronic exposure to high levels of stress and little personal control



Frustration: unpleasant tension resulting from a blocked goal

Conflict: forced choice between two or more incompatible goals or impulses


Understanding Stress: Sources of Stress (Continued) Three Types of Conflict

• Approach-Approach: forced choice between two or more desirable alternatives

• Avoidance-Avoidance: forced choice between two or more undesirable alternatives

• Approach-Avoidance: forced choice between two or more alternatives both having desirable and undesirable results


Understanding Stress: Effects of Stress

Sympathetic Nervous

System HPA Axis

Stress


Understanding Stress: Effects of Stress (Continued)

Stress and the HPA Axis:

Prolonged elevation of cortisol is related to: increased depression, memory problems, etc. impairment of the immune system, which

leaves the body vulnerable to disease.


Understanding Stress: Effects of Stress (Continued)Stress and the

Immune SystemPsychoneuroimmunology:

interdisciplinary field that studies the effect of psychological factors on the immune system


Understanding Stress: Effects of Stress (Continued) Selye’s

General Adaptation Syndrome

1. Alarm

2. Resistance

3. Exhaustion


Stress and IllnessCancer: related to genetic predisposition and environmental factors

Cardiovascular Disorders: related to stress hormones, certain personality types, and certain behaviors

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): anxiety disorder following extraordinary stress

Gastric Ulcers: caused by bacteria or stress? Or both?



Social Psychological

Biological

Health Psychology: studies how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness (the biopsychosocial model)



Major Health Risks:1. Tobacco2. Alcohol and Binge

Drinking3. Chronic Pain

(lasting over 6 months)


Health and Stress Management Two major approaches to coping

with stress:

1. Emotion-focused (changing one's perception of stressful situations)

2. Problem-focused (using problem-solving strategies to decrease or eliminate the source of stress)


Health and Stress Management (Continued)

Our emotional reaction to stress largely depends on how we interpret it.


Health and Stress Management (Continued) Resources for Healthy Living

1. Health and Exercise

2. Positive Beliefs

3. Social Skills

4. Social Support

5. Material Resources

6. Control (Internal locus of control)

7. Relaxation


Psychology in Action (8e)

by Karen Huffman

PowerPoint Lecture Notes Presentation

End of Chapter 3: Stress and Health Psychology

Karen Huffman, Palomar College

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