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Meeting Life Challenges

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Psychology

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Nature of Stress and Stress Appraisal

  • Stress comes from the Latin words strictus and stringere, meaning tight or narrow and to tighten.
  • Stress is the pattern of responses an organism makes to a stimulus event that disturbs equilibrium and exceeds coping ability.
  • The reaction to external stressors is called strain.
2

Types and Sources of Stress

  • The three major types of stress are physical and environmental, psychological, and social.
  • Physical stress changes the state of the body, such as overexertion, lack of sleep, injury, or poor diet.
  • Environmental stress includes noise, crowding, pollution, heat, cold, and disasters like fire, earthquake, and floods.
3

Measure of Stressful Life Events

  • Holmes and Rahe developed the original life event measure of stress.
  • Singh, Kaur and Kaur developed the Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale for the Indian population based on that measure.
  • The scale has 51 life change items.
4

Effects of Stress on Psychological Functioning and Health

  • Stress has emotional, physiological, cognitive, and behavioural effects.
  • Emotional effects include mood swings, anxiety, depression, tension, and irritability.
  • Physiological effects include release of adrenaline and cortisol, changes in heart rate, blood pressure, metabolism, digestion, and breathing.

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Stress is the pattern of responsesEustress is useful stress that supportsPhysical and environmental stress comes fromMajor sources of stress include lifePrimary appraisal is the evaluation

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