Stress Management & Coping Strategies Flashcards
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Which of the following is an example of an emotion-focused coping strategy?
Answer: Practicing gratitude journaling to manage anxiety
Emotion-focused coping targets managing the emotional response to a stressor rather than changing the stressor itself, such as journaling to process feelings.
A CRP practitioner notices a client exhibits high allostatic load. This term most accurately describes:
Answer: Cumulative wear and tear from chronic stress
Allostatic load refers to the cumulative physiological wear and tear on the body resulting from repeated or chronic stress exposure.
Which inventory is most commonly used to quantify major life events as stressors that may impact health?
Answer: Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale
The Holmes and Rahe Scale assigns numerical values to major life events and correlates total scores with risk of stress-related illness.
What distinguishes adaptive coping from maladaptive coping in resilience frameworks?
Answer: Adaptive coping reduces distress without causing secondary harm
Adaptive coping reduces distress effectively without introducing new problems, while maladaptive coping may temporarily relieve stress but causes secondary harm.
In the context of resilience training, 'stress inoculation training' (SIT) was developed by:
Answer: Donald Meichenbaum
Donald Meichenbaum developed Stress Inoculation Training, a cognitive-behavioral intervention that prepares individuals to handle future stressors through graduated exposure.
Which of the following best describes the concept of 'stress buffering' provided by social support?
Answer: Social support reduces the perceived severity of and response to stressors
The stress-buffering hypothesis holds that social support moderates the relationship between stress and health outcomes by reducing perceived threat and facilitating coping.
A resilience professional conducting a stress audit finds that employees score highest on 'effort-reward imbalance.' Which model does this finding align with?
Answer: Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model
The Effort-Reward Imbalance model, developed by Siegrist, posits that stress arises when high work effort is not matched by adequate rewards such as pay, esteem, or job security.