Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Depressant, Protective Factor, Trier Social Stress Test

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Protective factors environmental or personal factors that help one cope more effectively with stressful events: e. g. social support network, coping skills, personality factors (e. g, e. g. social support network, coping skills, personality factors (e. g. optimism; type b ) Vulnerability factors increase susceptibility to stressful events: e. g. lack of social support, poor coping skills, tendencies to become anxious/pessimistic. Social support knowledge that we can rely on others for help in a time of crisis. 2x as likely to die during the study isolation especially bad for men"s health. Eisenberger study: paged students randomly (over 10 days) about most recent social interactions. Measure of social support. method: later, students do trier social stress task. Measured cortisol levels and brain activity under the stress conditions. Trier social stress task: more soc. support less cortisol (stress response) Negative correlation fmri cyberball task: more social support less activity in anterior cingulate cortex (incl. amygdala) those who felt more social distress also tended to have greater.