Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Mental Health Professional, You Can Do It, Houseplant

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Higher the score, worse the physical and mental health. Original scale outdated and didn"t include uni students events but readjusted version for undergrads had average score of 1247. Perceived stress and health (lazarus) subjective stress causes problem (if construe event in a neg way) (cid:209: stress neg feelings/beliefs that occur whenever people feel unable to cope w/ demands from env. Gay/bi men study greater the number of stressful life events, greater the hiv risk: when stressed, more likely to engage in risky sex. Lefrancois social readjustment rating scale modified french version to focus on aging life changes found neg life changes associated with greatest psych distress. Taylor breast cancer women who believed cancer was controllable had better psych adjustment. Students who felt had control over academic performance had less anxiety/stress/boredom/depression and better grades. Rape victims who believed they had control over outcomes had less depression/ptsd. 900 montreal respondents who had higher perceived control had better health.