Chapter 18: Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health Models of the Personality-Illness Connection The Concept of Stress Stress ResponseMajor Life EventsDaily HasslesVarieties of StressPrimary and Secondary AppraisalCoping Strategies and Styles Attributional StyleOptimism and Physical Well-BeingManagement of EmotionsDisclosureType A Personality and Cardiovascular Disease Hostility: The Lethal Component of the Type A Behavior PatternHow the Arteries Are Damaged by Hostile Type A BehaviorSUMMARY AND EVALUATION KEY TERMS |