| A | B |
|---|
| esteem | meqasure of self worth |
| stress | disequilibrium between demands & ability to cope |
| Hans Selye (stress) | specific syndrome consisting of nonspecific changes within a biol system |
| general adaptation syndrome | alarm stage, resistance, exhaustion |
| alarm stage | fight/fright |
| stage of resistance | defensive physiol responses in attempt to adapt to stress |
| stage of exhaustion | prolonged exposure to stress to which body has adjusted; energy depleted |
| adaptation | individual response to any change |
| Miller & Rahe recent life changes questionaire weaknesses | no consideration of pereception & suuport systems, coping strategies |
| primary appraisal | how situation is evaluated |
| secondary appraisal | assessment of what person has to cope |
| anxiety | diffuse vague apprehension associated fwith feelings of helplessness |
| mild anxiety | tension, restless, irritable |
| moderate | less alert to events occurring inenvironment, dif. concentrating, fight or flight |
| severe | perceptual field narrowed, pschoneurotic responses, responses scattered, |
| mild anxiety behavioral mechanisms | eating, drinking, talking to others |
| panic | dread, terror, reduced ability to relate to others, ?death eventually |
| severe anxiety behavior mechanisms | withdrawal, acting out, psychosomatic, avoidance, problem solving |
| grief | subjective state of emotional responses to a loss |
| Stage 1 grief | denial, shock, |
| Stage2 grief | anger, hostile towards others or god |
| Stage 3 grief | bargaining |
| Stage4 grief | depression/fixation = mental illness |
| Stage5 grief | acceptance, move on, reinvest in life, adopt new roles |
| anticipatory grief | mourning process completed early, may disengage from dtying person |
| prolonged grief | intense preoccupation with loss for many |
| delayed or inhibited grief | fixed i denial stage; anxiety,sleep disorders |
| distorted grief | fixed in anger stage; depression |
| resolution | individual can look back and experience both positive & neg. |
