Module 39 - Health and coping

Coping

Efforts to manage stress and its effects

Problem-focused coping

trying to change or solve the problem causing stress

Emotion-focused coping

Trying to manage emotional distress caused by a situation

Personal control

Believing you have some influence over your circumstances

Learned helplessness

Giving up after repeated experiences of having little or no control

Internal locus of control

Believing your actions influence outcomes

External locus of control

Believing outside forces largely control outcomes

Self-control

Controlling impulses and delaying immediate rewards for future benefits

Pessimism

Expecting negative outcomes

Social support

Feeling cared for and receiving help or encouragement from others

Aerobic exercise

Sustained activity that increases breathing and heart rate and uses oxygen

Biofeedback

Receiving information about bodily responses to learn to regulate them

Minfulness meditation

Paying attention to the present moment without judgement

Faith factor

The observed relationship between religious involvement and health and longevity