Chapter 6 Stress Prone & Resistant Personalities Chapter 6 Stress Prone & Resistant Personalities
` ` Are some people prone for stress while others are not? How does personality influence our interpretations of our life events? The following are examples of stress-prone and stress-resistant personalities. While there are those that say you cannot change your personality, it is agreed that you can change personality traits to become more stress-resistant. Are some people prone for stress while others are not? How does personality influence our interpretations of our life events? The following are examples of stress-prone and stress-resistant personalities. While there are those that say you cannot change your personality, it is agreed that you can change personality traits to become more stress-resistant.
Type A Behavior Type A Behavior
Type A Characteristics 1. Time Urgency 2. Polyphasia (Multi-Tasking) 3. Ultra-Competitiveness 4. Rapid Speech Patterns 5. Manipulative Control 6. Hyperaggressiveness, Free-Floating Hostility 1. Time Urgency 2. Polyphasia (Multi-Tasking) 3. Ultra-Competitiveness 4. Rapid Speech Patterns 5. Manipulative Control 6. Hyperaggressiveness, Free-Floating Hostility
Hostility: The Lethal Trait of Type A’s Hostility: The Lethal Trait of Type A’s
Tips for managing Type A: Review your successes Enter a thorough self-appraisal Learn that life is unfinished Choose fights Practice being creative when you are being forced to wait
Did Someone Say Type D Personality? Did Someone Say Type D Personality?
Helpless-Hopeless Personality Locus of Control Internal versus External Locus of Control Internal versus External
The Hardy Personality: Resiliency 1. Commitment 2. Control 3. Challenge 1. Commitment 2. Control 3. Challenge
Survivor Personality Survivor Personality Biphasic Personality Traits
Sensation Seekers (Type R Personality) Sensation Seekers (Type R Personality) People who examine the odds, take calculated risks, and who live life to the fullest with confidence, self- efficacy, courage, optimism, and creativity.
Ways to Boost Your Self-Esteem 1. Disarm the negative critic 2. Give yourself positive affirmations 3. Avoid self-guilt and “should haves” 4. Focus on you and your identity 5. Avoid comparisons 6. Diversify your interests 7. Improve your connectedness 8. Avoid self-victimization 9. Reassert yourself before and during stress 1. Disarm the negative critic 2. Give yourself positive affirmations 3. Avoid self-guilt and “should haves” 4. Focus on you and your identity 5. Avoid comparisons 6. Diversify your interests 7. Improve your connectedness 8. Avoid self-victimization 9. Reassert yourself before and during stress
Chapter 7 Stress and Human Spirituality Stress and Human Spirituality
A Spiritual Hunger Spiritual Bankruptcy Spiritual Dormancy Spiritual Bankruptcy Spiritual Dormancy
Theories of Human Spirituality Theories of Human Spirituality
Seasons of the Soul Centering Process Emptying Process Grounding Process Connecting Process Seasons of the Soul Centering Process Emptying Process Grounding Process Connecting Process
The Centering Process
The Emptying Process
The Grounding Process The Grounding Process
The Connecting Process
A Model of Spirituality for Stress Management A Model of Spirituality for Stress Management
Relationships Values Purpose in life Relationships Values Purpose in life