Stress, Health and Coping

1
Stress, Health and Coping

• Introduction What Is Stress?
• Sources of Stress
• Life Events and Change
• Daily Hassles
• Conflict
• Social and Cultural Sources of Stress

2
Stress, Health and Coping

• Physical Effects of Stress The Mind-Body
  Connection
• Stress and the Endocrine System
• Walter Cannon Stress and the Fight-or-Flight
  Response
• Hans Selye Stress and the General Adaptation
  Syndrome
• Stress and the Immune System
• Ader and Cohen Conditioning the Immune System
• Stressors That Can Influence the Immune System

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Stress, Health and Coping

• Individual Factors That Influence the Response to
  Stress
• Psychological Factors
• Personal Control
• Explanatory Style Optimism Versus Pessimism
• Chronic Negative Emotions The Hazards of Being
  Grouchy
• Type A Behavior and Hostility
• Social Factors
• How Social Support Benefits Health
• Gender Differences in the Effects of Social
  Support

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Stress, Health and Coping

• Coping How People Deal with Stress
• Two Ways of Coping Problem-Focused and
  Emotion-Focused Coping
• Problem-Focused Coping Strategies Changing the
  Stressor
• Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies Changing Your
  Reaction to the Stressor
• Culture and Coping Strategies
• Summing Up Stress, Health, and Coping
• Application Providing Effective Social Support
• Summary