HPED 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Cognitive Restructuring, Stressor
6 Feb 2020
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Lecture 5: stress is result of determination when demand exceed available resources, coping: engaging in a behaviour or thought to respond to a demand. Coping with a stressor: three categories of coping, primary appraisal, secondary appraisal, re-appraisal. Responding to loss: each person grieves in their own way, various symptoms of loss, responses based on who we are, what we lost, how much life has changed. Intervention used to block a stressful consequence: relaxation techniques, exercise, cognitive restructuring and medications can all be effective. Stress management coping techniques: environmental planning adjusting environment to avoid anxiety, relabeling perceived as positive outcome, positive self-talk reality, what is the worst that can happen, thought stopping clamp down on negative thoughts, relax. Relaxation techniques: relaxation response bodily changes that oppose stress reaction, autogenic training involves sensation of heaviness, warmth and tingling in the limbs, progressive relaxation contracting then relaxing muscles.
