Lecture 1 - Stress and Coping
-positive emotions -> broaden and build
Fredrickson, 2004
Lecture 2 - Stress Psychophysiology
-exams, Th1/Th2, cortisol, stress
Assaf, Al-Abbassi, & Al-Binni, 2017
Lecture 3 - Stress and Physical Outcomes
-midlife work stress related to cognitive impairment, dementia and alzheimer’s
Sindi et al., 2017
Lecture 4 - Stress and Psychological Outcomes I
-anxiety disorders have a weak correlation to functional impairment
McKnight et al., 2016
Lecture 5 - Stress and Psychological Outcomes II
-cortisol and depression
Burke et al., 2005
Fredrickson, 2004
Positive Emotions: Broaden and Build
negative emotions:
- narrow range of thoughts and actions
- quick and specific action tendencies
positive emotions:
- broaden thoughts and action repertoire
- resource building actions
Assaf, Al-Abbassi, & Al-Binni, 2017
Stress and immune system study
- coritsol increased throughout the semester from baseline to midterms to exams
- Th1 decreased and Th2 increased throughout the semester
- illness was associated with test stress
Sindi et al., 2017
Midlife work stress (in 40s) was related to…
- mild cognitive impairment (OR = 1.38)
- any dementia OR = 1.53
- Alzheimer’s OR = 1.55
-longitudinal study in the late 90’s that followed up 7-10 years later
McKnight et al., 2016
The correlation between anxiety disorders and functional impairment was less than depression and functional impairment. However, anxiety is not less severe or less impairing. The effects of anxiety are more hidden and more domain-specific compared to depression, which is more global.
Burke et al., 2005
- depressed and non-depressed people exhibited similar cortisol levels before and during the stress, but depressed patients had higher cortisol levels during the recovery period
- afternoon = higher baseline cortisol levels, blunted stress reactivity and impaired recovery in depressed patients
- > these effects were worse for older and more severely depressed patients
