Exam 7: Coping, Resilience, and Social Support

Whereas social support is associated with physical and psychological well-being, research has failed to establish a relationship between social support and good health habits.

Overall, research investigating the effectiveness of social support fails to support the matching hypothesis.

According to Repetti et al., (2002), social support from one's parents in early life _______________ in later life.

Implicit social support

Psychological resilience means being able to bounce back from stressful situations relatively quickly.

Research on the effects of procrastination on health has found that

Coping efforts are considered successful when they reduce the arousal related to stress.

Explain how individual differences in personality are related to coping, and in turn health.

Research investigating the effectiveness of avoidant and approach coping strategies suggests that

High self-esteem has been related to

Negative affectivity

Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Wilma has experienced increasing levels of stress due to her deteriorating test scores in psychology. She complains to her friend Betty, "I can't seem to get the hang of this stuff. I'm just not smart enough. I may have to drop out of the university." Betty replies, "You're smart enough, Wilma, but you're just not spending enough time studying." Betty is trying to change Wilma's attributions of

Stress management programs

Explain what is meant by the term stress moderator. Identify three psychological variables and three social variables that have been found to moderate stress. Citing research from the text, explain the relationship between these variables and the experience of stress.

Current research suggests that perfectionism

A patient with AIDS decides to enter therapy. He explains that the therapist helps him in ways his friends and family cannot. Specifically, his therapist helps him find ways to cope with the disorder and understand it. This is an example of

The belief that one can determine one's own internal states and behaviour, influence one's environment, and/or bring about desired outcomes is

According to research on gender, marriage, and social support,

Your dormitory suitemate is suffering from stress due to final exams. Using the techniques described in the text, design a simple stress management program. Explain the function of each component and why it should be included in the program.