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Define stress moderators.
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Describe how stress may exert a direct effect on illness, interact with preexisting vulnerabilities, and adversely affect health habits.
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Define the coping process.
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Define negativity and the pessimistic explanatory style, and explain their relationship to stress and illness.
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Define optimism and explain its relationship to stress and illness.
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Describe the relationship of psychological control to stress and illness.
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Describe the relationship of other personality variables (e.g., self-esteem and conscientiousness) to stress and illness.
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Define avoidance and confrontative coping styles, and explain their relationship to stress and illness.
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Explain the relationship of disclosure to coping with stress and illness.
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Describe problem-focused and emotion-focused coping styles and what determines their use.
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Compare and contrast different coping strategies, and explain their relationship to stress and illness.
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Describe the role of external resources in coping and their relationship to stress and illness.
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Define social support. Compare and contrast the different forms of social support.
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Describe the effect of social support on psychological distress, physiological and neuroendocrine responses, and illness and health habits.
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Explain the biopsychosocial pathways by which social support influences health and illness.
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Explain how stress is moderated by social support. Compare and contrast the direct effects and buffering hypotheses.
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Describe the factors affecting the provision of effective social support.
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Describe the tasks and costs of coping. Explain the criteria by which coping outcomes are assessed.
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Define stress management, and describe the nature of stress management programs.
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Describe the basic techniques of stress management.
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Describe relaxation training, and evaluate its effectiveness.
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Describe the use of time management and assertiveness training in stress management programs.
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