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Health Psychology Book Cover
Health Psychology, 5/e
Shelley Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderators of the Stress Experience

Learning Objectives



1

Define stress moderators.
2

Describe how stress may exert a direct effect on illness, interact with preexisting vulnerabilities, and adversely affect health habits.
3

Define the coping process.
4

Define negativity and the pessimistic explanatory style and explain their relationship to stress and illness.
5

Define hardiness and optimism and explain their relationship to stress and illness.
6

Describe the relationship of psychological control to stress and illness.
7

Describe the relationship of other personality variables (e.g., self-esteem and conscientiousness) to stress and illness.
8

Define avoidance and confrontative coping styles and explain their relationship to stress and illness.
9

Explain the relationship of disclosure to coping with stress and illness.
10

Describe problem-focused and emotion-focused coping styles and what determines their use.
11

Compare and contrast different coping strategies and explain their relationship to stress and illness.
12

Describe the role of external resources in coping and their relationship to stress and illness.
13

Define social support. Compare and contrast the different forms of social support.
14

Describe the effect of social support on psychological distress, physiological and neuroendocrine responses, and illness and health habits.
15

Explain the biopsychosocial pathways by which social support influences health and illness.
16

Explain how stress is moderated by social support. Compare and contrast the direct effects and buffering hypotheses.
17

Describe the factors affecting the provision of effective social support.
18

Describe the tasks and costs of coping. Explain the criteria by which coping outcomes are assessed.
19

Define stress management and describe the nature of stress management programs.
20

Describe the basic techniques of stress management.
21

Describe relaxation training and evaluate its effectiveness.
22

Describe the use of time management and assertiveness training in stress management programs.








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