Exam 15: Stress, Coping, and Health

Studies examining the relation between negative life events and psychological distress have indicated that there is _______________ correlation between these variables, but interpreting this finding is difficult because there is/are _________________ of this result.

An implication of Prochaska and DiClemente's transtheoretical model is that

Which stage of the change process is marked by a desire to change, but with no plan or action having been taken?

Victor Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist incarcerated in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. After his release, he wrote a book called Man's Search for Meaning that addressed the importance of hope for survival. The prisoners who found meaning in their suffering or clung to the hope that they would see family again were more likely to survive the atrocious conditions than those who did not have these

Acts of terrorism (like the one that occurred at the World Trade Center in New York) would generally be categorized as ________.

All of the following were offered as possible explanations for the positive correlation between self-reported negative events and psychological distress EXCEPT

Failing to have regular medical checkups and eating a diet that is high in fat are both considered examples of health-compromising behaviours.

Harold has been receiving treatment for alcoholism for over a year and treatment has been going very well. However, two months ago, after a particularly bad day at work, some friends invited him to go with them to a bar and Harold had five beers. The next day when he thought about what had happened, he started to feel badly, but then remembered some things he'd spoken about with his counsellor about the problems associated with excessively blaming himself and being negative. As a result, Harold was able to put this incident behind him and he was able to remain abstinent for the next three months. In this example, Harold's one-time slip would best be defined as an example of

What does research indicate about the role of physical contact on the effects of stress?

What is the difference between a lapse and a relapse? How does the abstinence violation effect contribute to relapse?

Most people working with substance abusers define the return to a previously harmful or undesirable behaviour pattern as a _________________.

Most of her friends feel that Jane is a very happy person. She encounters her difficulties like everyone else, but she tends to maintain a positive outlook on the future and herself, even though she doesn't think that her coping skills are exceptional or that she deals very well with challenges. Psychologists who study stress would assume that Jane would possess a protective factor with regard to the detrimental effects of stress and score high on a measure of ____________.

Research has found that those who were low in daily social support had a larger cortisol response to doing mental arithmetic aloud compared to those with high daily social support.

By definition, people who have positive views of the future and expect that things will work out well in the long run tend to possess

Stress management, relaxation training, self-monitoring, and even marital and family counselling were all discussed as elements in the __________________ approach to substance abuse.

What does the research on mindfulness suggest as a means of coping with stress?

Dropout rates of approximately 50 percent after six months have typically been observed with people participating in

Self-blaming for a failure to adhere to a commitment and taking this failure as evidence for a lack of willpower or personal strength are most central to which of the following?

Studies examining the relation between negative life events and psychological distress have indicated that there is a positive association between these variables, but interpreting this finding is difficult because there is/are __________________.

According to Selye's general adaptation syndrome, the shift to sympathetic dominance occurs in the ___________________ stage.