Stress- supportive studies

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What area has Taylor looked at?
'Tend and befriend'
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What was Cohen et al's procedure?
394 ppts filled out stress index and then exposed to common cold virus. 7 days later assessed to see who the cold virus had developed within
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What was a criticism of Kiecolt-Glaser's research?
75 med students= not very generalisable population sample
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How can Kiecolt-Glaser overcome this criticism?
further support from three other studies in 1987, 1991 and 1995 looking at carers for alzheimers patients and women going through divorce
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What do Segestrom and Miller tell us about stress?
Acute time limited stressors- cause upregulation of immunoglobins. Brief naturalist stressors demonstrate no effect on immune system. Chronic stressors cause down regulation- global immunosupression.
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Who created the Stress Readjustment Rate Scale?
Rahe & Homes
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Who provides weak evidence to support the SRRS?
Rahe- 0.12 correlation between SRRS and stress related illnesses
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What overcomes the weakness of the SRRS in that it doesnt distinguish between positive/negative life events?
Sarason- Life Experiences Survey
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What did Michael and Ben-Zur find?
Widowers' life satisafction was higher before the life event but divorcees was not
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What evidence is there to support Type A/B's role in stress
Roseman & Freidman
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Who found evidence to suggest Type A/ B behaviour does not affect chances of developing coronary heart disease?
Shekelle
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What are the three pieces of evidence that support the importance of Hostility in stress
Miller, Booth-Kewley & Freidman, Dembroski
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Who provided evidence to support hardiness other than Langer & Rodin
Kobasa
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What research is there into stress and the work place?
Johansson, Karasek and Marmot
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What research is there to support the role of Daily Hassles?
Bouteyre
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What studies help to overcome Bouteyre's lack of population validity?
De Longis & Ruffin, Kanner
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What research is there to support the role of SIT
Meichenbaum- better than SD
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