Exam 5: Managing Stress

About half of all Americans regularly participate in some type of religious activity.

With respect to heart disease, the "active ingredient" in the Type A personality is ______.

With respect to heart disease, hostility is the "key ingredient" in the Type A personality.

As compared to older adults who failed to support others, older adults who provided emotional or instrumental support to others were ______ LESS likely to die during the next 5 years.

As reflected in visits to the campus health center, high physical fitness may completely counteract the effects of high stress among college students.

Which correlation coefficient is a Dr. Williamson MOST likely to find between frequency of physical exercise and scores on a measure of locus of control, where higher scores indicate a more internal locus of control?

Social support is never a bad thing.

A study of 74,000 women revealed that those who attended more than one religious service per week had a ______ lower mortality risk than did those who never attended religious services.

With relation to standard medical care, religious beliefs are BEST seen as a(n) ______.

Research suggests that with respect to one's health, having a dog ______.

Consider stressors, coping styles, and social support. Which pair is mismatched?

A social support inventory. Define three of the following types of social support: (a) emotional, (b) belongingness, (c) instrumental, (d) informational, and (e) esteem, or validational, support. For each type you define, provide an example from the instances of social support you have received over the past year or so.

Social support is ______ associated with mortality.

A Coping Styles Audit. Think back over the sources of stress you have experienced in the past year. Define (a) problem-focused, (b) approach-focused, and (c) avoidance coping. Illustrate each definition with an example from your own stress-management history over the past year. Making explicit reference to the types of coping you defined, explain how you might improve your coping style in the coming year.

According to the ______ theory, positive emotions expand the focus of attention and cognition, increasing the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social resources available to deal with stress.

When it is cited in the wake of a stressor or a disappointment, the notion that God has a plan, reason, or schedule is BEST seen as a specific type of ______ coping called ______.

When bad things happen to her, Toni responds by practicing an "attitude of gratitude": listing all the good things in her life that she is thankful for. This is an example of emotion-focused coping.

Hardy individuals believe that they are in control of their lives and that they are not victims of circumstance. Hardiness should therefore be associated with an ______ locus of control.

The buffering and direct-effects hypotheses make DIFFERENT predictions regarding the effects of social support when stress is ______.

Simon is faced with an overwhelming workload. Using problem-focused coping, Simon ______.