1. Chapter Fifteen
Health and Stress

2. http://youtu.be/WeSOhqmeG5w

3. The Mind-Body Connection
How can you keep yourself mentally and
physically healthy in stressful situations?
 Health psychology

4. Why does stress exist?

5. Need Two Volunteers

6. Stress and It’s Impact on Health
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Stress and stressors
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Acute stress
Chronic stress
Environmental psychology
Eustress
Distress

7. Stress and It’s Impact on Health
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Stressful life events
• Catastrophes
 Burnout
• Significant life changes
• Daily hassle
 Hassle

8. Turn to your partner…
• Try to come up with at least 5 hassles you
deal with on a daily basis
• Now, let’s see if it made it on the
Top Ten List

9. Undergraduate Sample
Top 10 Hassles
1. Troubling thoughts about the future
2. Not getting enough sleep
2. Wasting time
4. Inconsiderate smokers
5. Physical appearance
6. Too many things to do
7. Misplacing or losing things
8. Not enough time to do the things you need to do
9. Concerns about meeting high standards
10. Being lonely

10. Middle-Aged Sample
Top 10 Hassles
1. Concern about weight
2. Health of family member
3. Rising costs of common goods
4. Home maintenance
5. Too many things to do
6. Misplacing or losing things
7. Yardwork or outside home maintenance
8. Property, investment, or taxes
9. Crime
10. Physical appearance

11. Stress and It’s Impact on Health
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Stress and the heart
• Heart disease and
personality
 Type A
 Type B
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Stress and the
immune system
• Lymphocytes (B & T)

12. A quick quiz
• Are you Type A or Type B?

13. Health Benefits and Coping
Test

14. Improving Health
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Factors that reduce stress
• Perceived control
• Explanatory style ~ optimistic
• Social support
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Stress management
• Exercise
 Aerobic exercise ~ 2 years

15. Let’s Breathe & Relax
• http://youtu.be/hoPD0cVquPo

16. Homework
• Study for Exam Five (over Chapters 13,
14 & 15)
• 50 questions (mult. choice, true/false)
• Bring scantron & #2 pencil