5.1b - Introduction to Health Psychology: Coping With Stress

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coping

alleviating stress using emotional/cognitive/behavioral methods

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problem-focused coping

attempting to alleviate stress directly — by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

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emotion-focused coping

attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding/ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction

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personal control

our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless

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learned helplessness

the hopelessness humans/other animals learn when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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external locus of control

perception that outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate

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internal locus of control

the perception that we control our own fate

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self-control

ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards

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!!! freedom and (perceived) personal control