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| a person’s cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external or internal stressors that seem to exceed available resources |
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What are coping resources? |
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| Characteristics or actions drawn on to manage stress and include: health status, belief systems, problem-solving skills, social skills, social supports, and financial resources |
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| managing the emotions that an individual feels when a stressful event occurs |
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| attempts to find solutions to resolve the problems causing the stress |
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| individuals perceive that they cannot adequately cope with the demands being made on them or with the threats to their well being |
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| any event, factor, or stimuli that causes stress |
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| refers to how a person sees themselves in the world. Three components: Comprehensibility(stimuli are structured, predictable, and explorable), manageability(resources available), meaningfulness(demands are worth the effort) |
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What are the internal factors affecting and individual’s response to stress? |
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| Age, health status, personality, previous experience, genetics, hardiness, sense of coherence, resilience, attitude, nutritional status, sleep status |
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| being resourceful, flexible, and having an available source of problem-solving strategies |
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What are the external factors affecting and individual’s response to stress? |
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| Cultural and ethnic influences, socioeconomic status, social support, religious/spiritual influences, timing of stressors, number of stressors |
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What are the three stages of general adaptation syndrome? |
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| Alarm, resistance, exhaustion |
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| a person perceives a stressor physically or mentally and fight-or-flight is initiated |
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| after alarm reaction and is when a person’s physiologic reserves are mobilized to increase resistance to stress |
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| the person does not adapt. It occurs when all of the energy for adaptation has been expended |
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Nervous system pathway of stress… |
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| (CEREBRAL CORTEX) evaluates stressor and plans course of action®(LIMIBC SYSTEM) emotions and behaviors occur®(RETICULAR FORMATION) wakefulness increases®(HYPOTHALAMUS) initiate nervous and endocrine responses |
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What are the physiologic responses to stress? |
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| HR, Stroke Volume, Systolic BP, peripheral vasoconstriction, Blood goes to vital organs, RR, shallow breathing, epinephrine/norepinephrine, Blood glucose, ¯GI secretions, ¯peristalsis, muscle tension, brain activity, ¯skin temp |
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