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Stressors
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conditions that challenge or threaten individual’s capacities to respond in ways that preserve and protect personal well-being, how it affects you deals with your perception of it
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acute
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defined start and end point ex. Heart attack
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chronic
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long-term ex. Congestive heart failure
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Feel like there is more control over acute
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How do these affect pts?
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acute stressors
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trying to get someone to take pt. somewhere, death of a spouse, divorce
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chronic stressors
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experience more as we age, have a greater effect on the body when younger
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Self Efficacy
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you feel you can do it! Also need people around you who tell you that you can do it.
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Coping efforts
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(how we’re dealing with the problem) those who effectively cope with stress are less likely to have negative health consequences
- Not all are equal! Not all are good! |
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Active/problem-focused coping
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taxes are due, know how bad it makes feel – so just sit down and get it done (If don’t do this then will have more stress because the problem is still there)
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Emotion-focused coping
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doing things to try and make yourself feel better (not focused on solving the problem) – takes immediate stress level down, but it still has not fixed the problem – doesn’t reduce the stress level long term
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