SOC363H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Habituation, Cortisol, Miscarriage
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Roots the stress experience in social structures that breed inequality- stress is not random-it"s a pattern phenomenon that is more probable in certain social statuses. Identifies the patterning of and interdependence of stressors. Includes the full range of coping styles andbehaviour and their inter- relationships- a model considers a range of possible resources with regards to coping with stress. Emphasizes multiple outcomes-absolutely critical when considering stress. Coping resources coping behaviour coping outcomes. Origins: pearling et al (1981) propose a multi-stage process relating to different types of stress to each other, and then specifying how coping both mediates and modifies the impact of stress. Primary and secondary stressor: primary stressor is the root to the second stressor (proliferation of stress in life due to the primary stressor (origin, initiator) Impt: stress occurs in a multiplicity of ways- doesn"t occur in just one way. Not a simple story: coping intervenes in two ways- as a mediator and as a moderator.
