PSYC 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Coping With, Osteoarthritis

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Mark Lam

Document Summary

Thoughts and behaviours used to manage the internal and external demands of situations that are appraised as stressful. People with less social support have higher mortality rates: coping is a dynamic process, occurring over time, by which the environment and the person influence each other / different ways to cope with the same stressor. Styles are stable patterns of responding to stress, characteristic of individuals. Approach vs avoidance: approach = directly deal with the stressor, avoidance = minimize or ignore the stressor. Problem focused vs emotion focused: problem focused = attempts to do something about the stressful condition that are harming or threatening the individual, emotion focused = efforts to regulate emotions experience due to the stressful events. Approach + problem focused: active coping, planning, seeking social support, seeking information. Internally focused: self blame, denial, rumination, catastrophizing. Emotion focused: self distraction, reappraisal + positive reframing, acceptance, humour. Emotion focused + avoidance: substance use, behavioural disengagement, religion.