PSYC 3600 Lecture 3: Chapter 3- Community Psych
22 Feb 2019
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The stress model and the definition of community psychology: Involves personal psychological characteristics (a person"s temperament); situational characteristics (when stress event occured); situational mediators (social/ financial support); psychological mediators (coping skills/ pain tolerance) Controversies with stress model? too person focused and clinical situation- focused approaches= look at specific stressful events and intervene in the situations; competency- enhancement approaches= look to them individuals skills and coping with stress and skilled. Ssrs scale = rates worst stressors, putting death of spouse at top. Found that everyday hassles were found to be a better indicator of stress than major life changes (includes worrying about weight, forgetting things, concerns about home repairs) Acute stressors- discrete observable events stop excessive clear onset and offset (ex. Phone stolen); heightens adrenaline/ cortisol (fight or flight); chronic stressors- less self-limiting in nature; chronic stressors can be destructive on dna and contribute to aging and also contribute to physical and mental deterioration.
