Stress & Coping Paradigm - created from Mind Map

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Not as an environmental stimulus or response

But an interaction of a thinking person and an event

Views STRESS

Primary appraisal categorises events in 3 groups based on significance on wellbeing

Secondary appraisal assesses our perceived ability to cope with

Reappraisal = Making a new primary or secondary appraisal resulting from changes in the situation

COPING attempts to deal with STRESS

Religion focused

Problem focused

Emotion focused

Irrelevant

Benign or positive

Stressful

Harm

Threat

Challenge