SED PE 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Headache, Maladaptation, Drive Theory

• School: Boston University
• Department: Physical Education
• Course: SED PE 375
• Professor: McCarthy

Document Summary

Eustress: good stress: positive experiences that enhance quality of life. Distress: negative stress: diminishes quality of life; commonly associated with disease, illness, and maladaptation. Stress: a substantial imbalance between physical and psychological demands placed on an individual and his her response capability under conditions in which failure to meet demands has important consequence. Stage 1: environmental demand (physical and psychological) Individual"s perception of the environmental demand (amount of psychological or physical threat perceived) Stage 3: stress response (physical and psychological, arousal, state anxiety (cognitive and somatic, muscle tension, attention changes. Stage 4: behavioral consequences (performance or outcome) Cognitive appraisal of stress (lazarous and folkman, 1984) Primary appraisal three types: benign, benign-positive, threat. Increased heartrate, elevated blood pressure, sweating palms, tightness of chest, headache, diarrhea, trembling, speech difficulties, nausea . Irritability, hostility, depression, jealousy, restlessness, withdrawal, anxiousness, diminished initiative, reduced self-esteem, self-deprecation, impatience, tendency to cry, criticism of others, narrowed focus, obsessive rumination .