🔑 Key Definitions
Stress Prevention: Proactive strategies to reduce or eliminate stressors before they occur
Stress Inoculation: Gradual exposure to stressors to build resilience
Hardiness: Personality trait characterized by commitment, control, and challenge
Stress Inoculation: Gradual exposure to stressors to build resilience
Hardiness: Personality trait characterized by commitment, control, and challenge
👤 Important Figures
- Kobasa - Developed the concept of psychological hardiness
- Meichenbaum - Created Stress Inoculation Training (SIT)
🧠 Three C's of Hardiness (Kobasa)
- Commitment: Deep involvement in life activities
- Control: Belief in ability to influence events
- Challenge: View change as opportunity for growth
📊 Stress Inoculation Training (SIT)
- Phase 1 - Conceptualization: Understand stress and its effects
- Phase 2 - Skills Acquisition: Learn coping techniques
- Phase 3 - Application: Practice skills in real situations
🛠 Prevention Strategies
- Time management and planning
- Building social support networks
- Lifestyle modifications (exercise, sleep, nutrition)
- Cognitive restructuring
- Environmental modifications
💡 Exam Tips
- Remember the 3 C's: Commitment, Control, Challenge (all start with C!)
- Kobasa = Hardiness; Meichenbaum = Stress Inoculation Training
- SIT has THREE phases - Conceptualization, Skills, Application
- Prevention is PROACTIVE (before stress), Management is REACTIVE (after stress)