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Mind Map by Kim Blunden, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kim Blunden
over 6 years ago
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Nature of Stress
- 1. stress is any circumstances
that threaten or are perceived
to threaten one's well-being
and that thereby tax one's
coping abilities
- threat may be to
immediate physical
safety, long-range
security, self-esteem,
reputation, peace of
mind
- threat may be to
immediate physical
safety, long-range
security, self-esteem,
reputation, peace of
mind
- 2. Even though there
are elevated levels of
psychological
problems etc. after a
traumatic event,
many everyday
events are also
stressful
- 3. Experience of feeling
stress depends on what
events one notices and
how one chooses to
appraise them
- * Primary appraisal = initial evaluation of whether an event is:
1. irrelevant to you. 2. relevant but not threatening. 3. stressful
** When you view an event as stressful you are likely to make a
secondary appraisal which is an evaluation of your coping
resources and options for dealing with stress
- * Primary appraisal = initial evaluation of whether an event is:
1. irrelevant to you. 2. relevant but not threatening. 3. stressful
** When you view an event as stressful you are likely to make a
secondary appraisal which is an evaluation of your coping
resources and options for dealing with stress
- 4. Types of stress
- Acute Stressors - threatening
events that have a relatively short
duration and a clear endpoint
- Chronic Stressors - threatening
events that have a relatively long
duration and no readily apparent
time limit
- Acute Stressors - threatening
events that have a relatively short
duration and a clear endpoint
- 4 major types of stress:
- Pressure = involves expectations or demands
that one behave in a certain way --> pressures
to perform and pressures to conform
- Change = any significant
alterations in one's living
circumstances that require
readjustment
- Conflict = occurs when 2 or more incompatible motivations
or behavioural impulses compete for expression ... 1.
Approach-approach 2. Avoidance-avoidance 3.
Approach-avoidance
- Frustration = occurs in any situation in which
the pursuit of some goal is thwarted. "You
want something and can't have it"
- Pressure = involves expectations or demands
that one behave in a certain way --> pressures
to perform and pressures to conform