PSY 255 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, Relaxation Technique
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Psy 255 chapter 7 reading notes: coping, resilience, and social support. Positivity & illness: positive emotional functioning promotes better mental + physical health (optimisms) External resources also influence coping- money, time, education, decent job, friends family, standard of living, presence of positive life events, absence of other life stressors. How quickly people can return to their prestress activities. Self-affirmation theory: maintains that when people positively affirm values, they feel better about themselves and sho lower physiological activity and distress. Relaxation training: affects the physiological experience of stress by reducing arousal. Social support: information from others that one is loved and cared for, esteemed and valued, and part of a network of communication and mutual obligations (parents, friends, spouse, partner, other relatives, social/community contacts. Invisible support: when one receives help from another but is unaware of it, that help is most likely to benefit the recipient. Some people are better at extracting the social support they need.
