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psychology: paper 3:
psychology paper 3: managing and coping with stress (stress inoculation therapy)
Question | Answer |
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1. what is SIT? | stress inoculation therapy |
2. what is stress inoculation therapy a form of? | cognitive behaviour therapy |
3. who made stress inoculation therapy? | Meichenbaum and Cameron |
4. how many stages of stress inoculation therapy is there? | 3 |
5. what is the first stage? | conceptualisation |
6. what is the second stage? | skill acquisition and rehearsal |
7. what is the final stage? | real life application and follow through |
8. what is conceptualisation? | client and therapist identify the nature of stressors and overcomes them by viewing it as challenges with a collaborative rapport where the client is the expert on their stress experiences and the therapist provides support |
9. what is skills and acquisition and rehearsal? | learn skills needed to cope with stressor such as relaxation and communication use self-talk and self-statements eg you can do this! |
10. what is real life application and follow through? | therapist creates opportunities for client to try new skills in a safe environment then a gradual transfer to the real world including homework and relapse prevention |
11. example of homework they could give? | seeking out moderately stressful situations and using coping skills on purpose |
12. what is relapse prevention? | therapist helps client prepare for setbacks and identifies potential problems in advance to plan how to deal with them |
13. what is the average duration of the therapy? | 9-12 weeks 1-1 and a half hours |
14. how many follow up sessions are reserved? | 1-2 |
15. how is there research support? | Saunders conducted a meta analysis of 37 studies into SIT effectiveness finding it reduced anxiety in performance situations and performance under stress regardless of how experienced therapist was |
16. how is stress inoculation therapy demanding? | clients need to make big commitments of time and effort and must be motivated so the therapy might not be suitable for everyone |
17. counterpoint of stress inoculation therapy being demanding? | it is flexible and incorporates a variety of techniques specific to an individual thus helps clients manage almost any form of stress |
18. how is stress inoculation therapy overcomplicated? | stress inoculation therapy may only work if they have personal control over the stressful situation so cannot be applied to circumstances where they cannot have any control |
19. how can drugs be a better way of managing stress? | they are a quicker method which is not as demanding however there are some costs such as addiction or side effects |