Stress
- Created by: Grace.2006
- Created on: 03-02-23 10:39
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- Stress
- An automatic response to dealing with challenging situations or life events; causing the body to flood with hormones
- A physiological and psychological response to a bad situation or a threat that an individual cannot cope with
- Impacts of stress
- Raises heart rate
- Increases blood pressure
- Boosts energy
- Loss of sleep
- Impaired judgements
- Prepares the body for 'flight or fight'
- Mood swings
- Loss of appetite
- Breathlessness
- Lowers immune system
- Headache
- Loss of sex drive
- Issues with infertility
- Physical illness
- Worsen or increase the risk of conditions developing or worsening
- Obesity
- Heart disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Diabetes
- Intestinal problems
- Athsma
- Heart disease
- Explained through the stress-diathesis model
- May have inherited the gene from their parents
- They are predisposed to the gene
- Environmental factors such as a stressful life event could trigger the activation of the gene which could result in a heart attack
- Worsen or increase the risk of conditions developing or worsening
- Mental illness
- Some individuals are born with certain biological or genetic predispositions to a mental illness too
- May have an inherited gene from their parents
- Predisposed to the gene
- Environmental factors such as a stressful life event could trigger the activation of the gene
- This could then result in an episode of poor mental health
- Stress-diathesis model
- A more reliable explanation for behaviour than looking at genetics and the environment as separate factors
- Diathesis
- A predisposition or vulnerability to mental disorder through abnormality of the brain or neuro-transmitters
- A psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder as the result of a stressful interaction
- Can be caused by life events/ experiences
- Family conflict
- Abuse
- Trauma
- Problems at school
- Could cause a trigger this without predisposition
- Explains behaviour as both a result of biological and genetic factors and experiences due to stressful conditions
- An automatic response to dealing with challenging situations or life events; causing the body to flood with hormones
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