CH 8: Disease Resistant Personality
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abbeenormal on October 21, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 positive affect | positive emotions and feelings such as happiness, joy, excitement, enthusiasm, and contentment |
| Maslow | Self-actualization (hierarchy of needs) |
| Elements of Human fullfillment | 1.growth motivated rather than deficiency motivated 2.good sense of reality 3.acceptance of self and others 4.honest authenticity and naturalness 5.commit and problem centering 6.autonomy 7.independence and resistance to enculturalization 8.an element of detachment and privacy 9.continued freshness of appreciation 10.high energy levels, peak experiences 11.deep interpersonal relations 12.democratic character structure 13.discrimination between ends and means 14.philosophical, on hostile sense of humor 15.creativity 16.guiltless acceptance of sexuality 17.resolution of complementary opposites |
| Stress Buffers | social support; sense of control; physical fitness; sense of humor; self-esteem; optimism; problem solving and coping style |
| Hardiness Traits | commitment; control; challenge; connectedness |
| Commitment | meaning and purpose in work and relationships |
| Control | belief in being in control of life circumstances; confront problems with confidence |
| Challenge | view problems as challenges to overcome |
| Connectedness | ability to relate and interact in a social environment; connection with nature and cosmos |
| Non-hardy | low commitment; low or too high control; low challenge view |
| Hope | expecting the best and hoping to achieve it; destiny |
| Kobasa's Strategies | compensating; reconstructing |
| Seligman & Peterson | Virtues and Character strengths |
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