Strategies for Coping With Stress and Improving Mental Wellbeing (VCE SSCE Psychology): Flashcards
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Coping definition
Coping definition
Efforts to manage & reduce stress from life problems
Coping strategy definition
Coping strategy definition
Method to manage/reduce stress from a stressor
Coping flexibility definition
Coping flexibility definition
Ability to modify coping strategies for different situations
High coping flexibility trait
High coping flexibility trait
Quickly recognise ineffective strategies & adjust
Context-specific effectiveness
Context-specific effectiveness
Strategy matches/is appropriate to the stressful situation
Approach strategy
Approach strategy
Confront stressor & deal directly with it & effects
Avoidance strategy
Avoidance strategy
Avoid stressor & not deal directly with it
Approach strategy benefit
Approach strategy benefit
More adaptive; fewer psychological symptoms
Exercise as approach strategy
Exercise as approach strategy
When stressor involves fitness/training goals
Beta-endorphins
Beta-endorphins
Natural painkillers/mood elevators from exercise