PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING STRATEGIES Defending vs. Coping Reduce the symptoms of stress or reduce the cause of stress Problem-Focused vs. Emotion-Focused Coping by resolving a stressor or by regulating one’s emotional response TYPE A PERSONALITY Time urgency Perfectionism Competitiveness HOSTILITY Less trusting Quicker to anger Antagonistic Risky health behavior Quickly aroused by potential stressor reducing social support Cognitive Restructuring Reappraising a stressor to see it in a more positive perspective Positive Emotions Making an effort to experience more positive emotions Finding Meaning Making sense out of a stressor and finding a benefit of it Psychological Debriefing Venting emotions and discussing reactions to a trauma
TOPIC 1 –Causes of Stress Stress Test www.Stresstest.net TOPIC 2 –The Physical Effects of Stress Fight or Flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyP8L3qTW9Q TOPIC 3 –Stress and Personality Type A Personality http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/type_a_personality_access.html TOPIC 4 – Reducing Stress & Its Effects Stress Relievers from webmd http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/features/6-surprising-stress-fixes