Characteristics

• Adrenaline increases heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, and glucose levels in the bloodstream.
• Lazarus + Folkman- model of stress is interaction between personal and environment

  Primary and Secondary appraisal
• Primary appraisal= threat is significant, harmful or challenging
• Secondary appraisal= what resources available to deal with stressor
• physical symptoms

  • sweaty
  • headaches
  • high blood pressure and heart rate
• Psychological

  • low self-esteem
  • isolation
  • depression/ anxiety
• Coping develop into nervous habits which can cause (lack of sleep) problems that make stress levels worse

  • smoke
  • drink
  • coffee
  • nail biting
• Episodic acute stress
• eustress= positive stress