Stressors are the stimuli, response is the reaction to the stimuli
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Fight of flight model?
Stress triggers sympathetic nervous system activation, leading to fight or flight response
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Selye: general adaptation syndrome?
Same set of physiological responses elicited, regardless of the stimulus. However, this ignores aspects of the stressor and individual differences
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Transactional model?
Stress is determined by the interaction between how we appraise events in our environment and our ability to cope with them (pimary appraisal and secondary appraisal)
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How does stress affect health?
Psycho-neuro-immunology: link between psychological factors and disease
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Stress pathways?
Hypothalamus. HPA axis: cortisol. SAM axis: adrenaline/noradrenaline
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Stress over time?
Stress reponse used to be ADAPTIVE. In the modern world, it is HARMFUL
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Chronic stress?
When stress doesn't go away and is persistent for 6+ months
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Example?
Informal caregiving: caregivers displayed dysregulated cortisol secretion as evidenced by higher levels in the morning
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Measuring stress?
Questionnaires. Or, for SAM outputs measure adrenaline levels, and for HPA outputs measure cortisol levels
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Diurnal profile?
Measuring the cortisol awakening response and the gradual decline in cortisol across the day
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Measuring the effects of stress?
Test people while they are stressed (using either naturalistic stressors or controlled lab stressors)
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Evaluation of naturalistic stressors?
Good external/ecological validity, but poor controls
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Evaluation of controlled stressors?
High controls and internal validity, but lacking in ecological validity
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Diurnal cortisol pattern and health?
Atypical patterns of cortisol (CHARACTERISED BY FLATTER SLOPES) are associated with: respiratory infection, burnout, inflammatory diseases, metabolic syndrome, and CV diseases
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Multi-tasking stress?
Notable physiological reaction, as shown by decrease in subject reports of feeling calm
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Fight of flight model?
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Stress triggers sympathetic nervous system activation, leading to fight or flight response
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