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Stressors |
Specific events or chronic pressure that place demands on a person or threaten the person's well-being |
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Stress |
The physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors |
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Health psychology |
The subfield of psychology concerned with the ways psychological factors influence the causes and treatment of psychical illness and the maintenance of health |
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Chronic Stressors |
Sources of stress that occur continuously or repeatedly |
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Flight-orFight response |
An emotional and physiological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action |
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General adaptation syndrome |
A three-stage physiological stress response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered |
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Telomeres |
Caps at the end of each chromosome that protect the ends of chromosomes and prevent them from sticking to each other |
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Telomerase |
An enzyme that rebuilds telomeres at the tips of chromosomes |
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Immune system |
A complex response system that protects the body from bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances |
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Lymphocytes (T and B cells) |
White blood cells that produce antibodies that fight infection |
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Type A behavior pattern |
The tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, a sense of time urgency and competitive achievement strivings |
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Burnout |
A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lowered performance and motivation |
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Repressive coping |
Avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint |
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Rational coping |
Facing a stressor and working to overcome it |
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Reframing |
Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat |
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Stress inoculation training (Sit) |
A reframing technique that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situation |
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Meditation |
The practice of intentional contemplation |
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Relaxation therapy |
A technique for reducing tensions by consciously relaxing muscles of the body |
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Biofeedback |
The use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function |
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Social support |
The aid gained through interacting ith others |
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Psychosomatic illness |
An interaction between mind and body that can produce illness |
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Somatic symptom disorders |
the set of psychological disorders in which a person with at least one bodily symptom displays significant health-related anxiety, expresses disproportionate concerns about their symptoms and devotes excessive time and energy to their symptoms or health concerns |
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Sick role |
A socially recognized set of rights and obligation linked to illness |
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Self-regulation |
The exercise of voluntary control over the self to bring the self in line with preferred standards |