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Come on, 6’s!!

Explore the impact of stress on seniors and learn to create a top 10 list of stressors in groups of 5-6. Understand the factors contributing to different responses to stress and how to cope effectively. Discover the concepts of stress susceptibility and the General Adaptation Syndrome to improve overall well-being. Identify the significance of Type A Personality and social factors in influencing stress levels.

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Come on, 6’s!!

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  1. Come on, 6’s!! • How did it feel to play this game? • Did any player’s behavior change as the game continued? • Did every player behave the same way? • Why factors do you think caused the differences in the way the players responded throughout the game?

  2. Top 10 List- Senior Stress • In groups of 5-6 discuss your stressors and create a Senior top 10 list.

  3. What Is Stress?

  4. Stressors : events & situations to which you must react • Primary appraisals • Irrelevant • Eustress- positive • Challenge • Arousal, focus • Distress • Overtaxes your emotional and psychological resources • Threat • Stress, distraction

  5. Susceptibility to Stress (SUS) • Take SUS • Add all items and subtract 21 • Scores over 32 indicate susceptibility • 52-77 = serious, 77 and higher = extreme • Related Factors • Lifestyle • Health Behaviors • Resources For Coping

  6. General Adaptation Syndrome(Selye) Fight or Flight: May occur many times a day Body’s reaction to long term stress & is marked by the actual breakdown of internal organs & the weakening of the immune system. Body uses up vital stores of energy: glucose, minerals, hormones, may interfere with bodily process. Psychophysiological symptoms could appear. Psychophysiological symptoms generally don’t occur

  7. Combat Ready, intense, hard-driving.” 3 times more likely to have heart attacks 5 times more likely to develop premature heart disease Increased BP High protein levels which can lead to heart damage. More likely to continually show/suppress anger/hostility Medical & behavioral treatments would be beneficial Besides personality factors, various social factors can increase/decrease stress and affect one’s health. Type A Personality

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