Exam 7: Coping, Resilience, and Social Support

Explain how coping styles and coping strategies moderate the experience of stress. Citing research from the text, evaluate the effectiveness of each in terms of the type of stressor with which a person might be faced.

Invisible social support

Poor social relationships, and especially poor social integration, are major risk factors for death.

Negative affectivity (or neuroticism) has been related to alcoholism, depression, and suicidal behaviour, but not poor health.

One of the most potent external resources with respect to health is

Treating oneself with kindness, feeling connected with humanity, and being mindfully aware of distressing experiences are qualities of one with

Researchers investigating disclosure have found that subjects who freely express their feelings about traumatic events

Ancillary skills of stress management include time management, good health habits, and social skills.

Information from others that one is loved and cared for, esteemed and valued, and part of a network of communication and mutual obligation is called

Moderators of the stress experience may have an impact on

The interplay of the stress experienced and expressed by one partner and the coping reactions of the other, is referred to as

Brissette, Scheier, and Carver (2002) found that university students who were optimists coped more effectively with the transition to university because they were more likely to use _______________ as a coping strategy.

What is social support? What are the benefits of having a sufficient amount of social support? What are the costs of being in a dense social network?

Individuals that cause you special stress are

According to the buffering hypothesis,

When a supportive companion is present during a stressful situation, research has shown a subdued HPA axis response in participants. This is thought to be due to:

The idea that the effectiveness of social support is determined by the ability of an individual's social network to provide the particular types of assistance needed in times of stress is the

The consideration of coping as a dynamic process implies that

Relaxation training is designed to