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Stress Questions What Causes Stress? What are the Effects of Stress? How Can We Cope with Stress?

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Page 1: Stress Questions What Causes Stress? What are the Effects of Stress? How Can We Cope with Stress?

Stress

Page 2: Stress Questions What Causes Stress? What are the Effects of Stress? How Can We Cope with Stress?

Questions

• What Causes Stress?• What are the Effects of Stress?• How Can We Cope with Stress?

Page 3: Stress Questions What Causes Stress? What are the Effects of Stress? How Can We Cope with Stress?

What Causes Stress?• Frustration• Conflict• Change• Pressure

Page 4: Stress Questions What Causes Stress? What are the Effects of Stress? How Can We Cope with Stress?

What Causes Stress?

• chronic stressors• major life events

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What Are The Effects of Stress?• General Adaptation Syndrome– Alarm– Resistance– Exhaustion

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What Are The Effects of Stress? Immediate Effects• fight or flight response, high arousal level• impaired attention• impaired memory• impaired decision-making

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What Are The Effects of Stress? Long-Term Effects• impaired immune function• damage to organs• aggression• learned helplessness

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How Can We Cope With Stress?

• Appraisal as challenge vs. threat• Problem-focused coping• Optimism vs. catastrophic thinking

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Misconception Alert!

• It is possible for people to change their level of optimism.

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How Can We Cope With Stress?

• Health habits• Conscientiousness• Social support