stress 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyStressA2/A-levelNone Created by: Bham369Created on: 03-04-18 11:47 HPA From cortex of adrenal gland (cortisol) Too much cortisol can lead to cushings syndrome Glazer et al Tested NK cell in blood of med students 1 month before and during exams (75 students) During exams NK cells less active Enlarged adrenal glands on post mortems Stress and cortisiol can not see cause and effect Dimsdale said other factors could effect levels 1 of 5 Type A or B Friedmand and Roseman say A is more likely to get CHD and more fight/flight often 3154 men 39-59 catagoriesed as A or B from interveiws and 8 years later 275 develped heart disease 70% were types A- 12.8 had heart attack B- 6 had heart attack But mostly western and on men only A is more stereoypes for men in western society Most pple inbetween A and B (type C personality) so mre complicated than initially thought 2 of 5 Hardiness Kabasa say 3 parts Control Challenge Commitment Meant to buffer away stress making person in control See stress as opportunity for growth and develoment Hardiness protects against illness effects of stress (Kabasa) Sheperd said women only needed challenge nt the other two Predict illness for men not so much for women Most research is done on men 3 of 5 Life events Measured by SRRS measured in life change units Rahe studies 2684 naval officers who completed SRRS before going on tour and checked illness for 6-8 month during tour Positive +0.118 corrilation between life events and illness But corrilation is not causation Change is subjective to the person (social desirablity bias) 4 of 5 Daily Hassles/ HASUP scales Hassels is minor day-to-day things More hassels = more stress Need more or equal uplifts to combat stress Accumilation effect (life event + hassel/trigger = stress) Strong corrilation between health and hassels but not life events and health (Delongis) 5 of 5
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