Stress & Physical Health

4. coping – Coping strategy aimed at directly solving or reducing the source of stress
9. – Ability to adapt and recover from stress, adversity, or trauma
12. – Body’s ability to maintain internal stability and balance
13. and befriend – Stress response involving seeking social support and protecting others during stressful situations
15. Heart Disease – Condition where arteries supplying blood to the heart become narrowed or blocked
16. Adaptation System – Three-stage stress response model consisting of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
17. Behavior – Any action that positively or negatively influences physical health

1. coping – Coping strategy aimed at managing emotional distress rather than changing the stressor
2. – Study of how psychological processes, the nervous system, and the immune system interact
3. Medicine – Field that studies how behavior, thoughts, and emotions affect physical health and illness
5. Study – Research method that follows the same group of people over an extended period of time
6. A behavior pattern – Personality style characterized by competitiveness, impatience, hostility, and urgency
7. Study – Research method that examines different groups at one specific point in time
8. – Technique that uses real-time body signals to help people control physical responses like heart rate or muscle tension
10. – Stress hormone released by the adrenal glands that affects energy and immune function
11. Disease – General term for diseases involving the heart and blood vessels
14. or Flight response – Body’s automatic physiological reaction that prepares a person to face or escape danger