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421 11.9 Identify social and cultural factors that influence stress reactions. 11.10 Distinguish between problem- focused and em ...

422 CHAPTER 11 Stress and Stressors Life is really about change. Every day, each person faces some kind of challenge, big or sma ...

Stress and Health 423 In an update of Selye’s original definition, researchers now define eustress as the optimal amount of stre ...

424 CHAPTER 11 In one study, nearly 8 percent of the people living in the area near the attacks devel- oped a severe stress diso ...

Stress and Health 425 Table 11.1 Sample Items From the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) Major Life Event Life Change Unit ...

426 CHAPTER 11 to pay for the copy machine, try to read your friend’s handwriting, and so on—all stress- ful situations. Actuall ...

Stress and Health 427 cited trouble at school or work. Adults found fighting among family members the great- est source of stres ...

428 CHAPTER 11 FRUSTRATION Frustration occurs when people are blocked or prevented from achiev- ing a desired goal or fulfilling ...

Stress and Health 429 the first place. That could be dangerous, so the aggression is reserved for another less threatening or we ...

430 CHAPTER 11 be unable to decide for or against the goal or event. The author of this text experienced a very stressful approa ...

Stress and Health 431 Practice Quiz How much do you remember? Pick the best answer. Studies show that _____ is the optimal amou ...

432 CHAPTER 11 Physiological Factors: Stress and Health Chapter Two discussed in detail the function of the autonomic nervous sy ...

Stress and Health 433 psychoneuroimmunology the study of the effects of psychological factors such as stress, emotions, thoughts ...

434 CHAPTER 11 cells, encounter an infection in the body. The white blood cells surround the bacteria or other infectious materi ...

Stress and Health 435 have its negative impact on health. One early study (Cohen et al., 1991) found that people under psycholog ...

436 CHAPTER 11 DIABETES Review the last paragraph, and it becomes obvious that weight problems may also become associated with s ...

Stress and Health 437 linked to developing cancer of the colon, lungs, breasts, or prostate (Heikkila et al., 2013). While 5 per ...

438 CHAPTER 11 Health psychologists seek to understand how behavior (such as use of drugs, opti- mism, personality, or the type ...

Stress and Health 439 reappraise their arousal while experiencing a stressor helped shift the negative effects of stress arousal ...

440 CHAPTER 11 than were the other two groups. In a subsequent study (Jamieson et al., 2013), arousal reappraisal was found to h ...