PSY-3653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Active Listening, Interrupt, Patientslikeme
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One is loved valued and part of network. Tangible support: provision material help (help with chores) Sympathetic response is diminished when ss present (christenfeld) Helps even if thinking it, but person is not present (broadwell and light) Better effect from friend rather than stranger (christenfield) Males and females benefit more female social support (glynn) Females undergoing stressful event in front of male partner, compared to being alone sometimes even show more stress (kirchbaum) Those given cold virus less likely to get if had larger social networks (cohen) Social ties: emotional connections critical to health. Cohort effect: lifestyles have changed; gender roles changes (majority of female subjects didn"t work) Caretaking- around the clock (medicare don"t usually cover nursing home) Companionship, something to care about, fun, safety, constancy, exercise. Amount therapist talking depends on theoretical orientation. Need good ten minutes in initial interview. Nondirective therapy allows several sessions of this. Telling the story can be therapeutic (pennebaker)