unit 9 - stress and health (not finished - cold virus + stressor study, measuring stressors/study)

health psychology

• understanding the psychology behind health and healthy behavior + illness and unhealthy behavior

  • stress, smoking, eating habit, personality traits influence risk for disease

problem focused coping

addressing event causing stress (stressor)

emotion focused coping

regulates the emotion that comes with stressor

factors affecting relationship between stress & health

control belief, self-efficacy, social integration, social support, Type A, Type B

control belief

• factor affecting relationship between stress & health

• belief you have control over situation

self-efficacy

• factor affecting relationship between stress & health

• belief that you can complete tasks and achieve goals

social integration

• factor affecting relationship between stress & health

• number of social roles you have

social support

• factor affecting relationship between stress & health

• tangible, advice, emotional/affection, positive interaction

Type A

• factor affecting relationship between stress & health

• competitive, hostile, time urgent

Type B

• factor affecting relationship between stress & health

• opposite

types of happiness

life satisfaction, positive feelings, low negative feelings

life satisfaction

• examples

  • i think my life is great

  • i am satisfied with my job

• causes

  • a good income

  • achieving one’s goals

  • high self-esteem

positive feelings

• examples

  • enjoying life

  • loving others

• causes

  • supportive friends

  • interesting work

  • extraverted personality

low negative feelings

• examples

  • few chronic worries

  • rarely sad or angry

• causes

  • low neuroticism

  • one’s goals are in harmony

  • a positive outlook

internal causes

• inborn temperament

• personality

• outlook

• resilience

external causes

• sufficient material resources

• sufficient social resources

• desirable society

ways to be happier

• seek to make others happy and help others, not just receive support from others

• express gratefulness and compliments

• find work that you will love and be good at

3 inventions to improve subjective wellbeing

• write a gratitude letter

• journal good things in life everyday

• count your blessings

oppression-based stress

chronic stress and potential traumatization experienced by members of groups that are affected by social oppression

“weathering”

early aging and health deterioration as a consequence of cumulative impact of repeated experience with social or economic adversity and political marginalization

allostatic load

cumulative wearing and tearing on the human body’s system due to need to constantly adapt to stressors

symptoms of oppression-based stress

• hypervigilance - keyed up and scanning enviornment for danger

• intrusion symptoms like nightmares or flashbacks

• changes in mood and self esteem

• avoidance of places or people that remind them of previous negative radicalized experiences