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Health, Stress, and Coping
10 cards·by brebensdorf
Type A personality
A personality type with an elevated risk of heart disease characterized by time, urgency,
anger, and hostility
Psychoneuroimunology
Study of the links among behavior, stress, disease, and the immune system
SRRS
Social Readjustment rating scale; a scale that rates the impact of various life events on the
likehood of illness
Psychosomatic disorders
Illnesses in which psychological factors contribute to bodily damage or to damaging changes
in bodily functioning
Primary Appraisal
Deciding if a situation is relevant to oneself and if it is a threat
Secondary Appraisal
Deciding how to cope with a threat or challenge
Burnout
A work-related condition of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion
Acculturative Stress
Stress caused by the many changes and adaptions required when a person moves to a foreign
culture
Hypochondriac
A person who complains about illnesses that appear to be imaginary
Stress
The mental and physical condition that occurs when a person must adjust or adapt to the
environment