Presentation Package for Concepts of Physical Fitness 12e

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Presentation Package for Concepts of Physical
Fitness 12e

• Section VI Concept 18
• Stress Management

Created by Gregory J. Welk Iowa State University
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Stress Facts

• The American Academy of Family Physicians
  estimates that 60 of the problems brought to
  physicians in the U.S. are stress related. Many
  are the result of stress others are made worse
  or last longer because of it.

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Health Problems with Excessive Stress

• CHD and stroke
• Gastrointestinal problems such as ulcers
• Impaired immune system
• Insomnia

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How Stress Promotes Illness

• Direct effect
• Raises blood pressure
• Impairs immune system
• Indirect effect
• Less positive behaviors (exercise, healthy diet,
  lack of sleep)
• More negative behaviors (drinking, smoking,
  unhealthy diet)

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Historical Perspectives on the Nature of Stress

• Walter Cannon
• Fight or Flight syndrome
• Non-specific stress response
• Hans Selye
• General Adaptation Syndrome
• Alarm
• Resistance
• Adaptation

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The Stress Target Zone
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Contemporary Views of the Nature of Stress
The Process of Stress
Appraisal
Coping
Stressor
Stress
Outcome
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Types of Stressors
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• Environmental
• Physiological
• Emotional (psycho-social)

See 18-01 for info on stress among college
students
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Characteristics of Stressful Events

• Negative
• Uncontrollable
• Ambiguous

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Appraisal of Stressors
High Stress
See stressor as a threat
Stressor
Stress
Appraisal

See stressor as a challenge
Low Stress
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Hardiness
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• Commitment
• Control
• Challenge

Individuals high in Hardiness have fewer stress
related problems due to the way they perceive
stress and the coping mechanisms they use
(approach coping instead of avoidance coping)
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Responses to Stress
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• Physiological
• Cognitive
• Emotional
• Behavioral

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Summary of Stress
You may not be able to smooth out the surf, but
you can learn to ride the waves!
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Web Resources
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Supplemental Graphics

• Lab Information

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Lab 18a InformationEvaluating Your Stress Level
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• Complete the life experience survey.
• Summarize your current level of stress. in
  comparison with the survey scores.

Note The life experience surveys assume that
stressors affect everyone in the same way and
therefore may not yield highly accurate
indicators of stress.
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Lab 18b InformationEvaluating Your Hardiness
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• Complete the Hardiness survey.
• Summarize the score for each dimension of
  Hardiness.
• Discuss whether you feel the scores are useful
  indicators of your response to stress.

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Lab 18c InformationEvaluating Neuromuscular
Tension
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• Complete the evaluation of tension with the
  assistance of a partner.
• Describe how the results might impact the way you
  look at your daily life.