Self concept

• Internal resources- humor, organizational skills, intelligence
• External resources- Support system, financial, support systems

personal feeling & self eval of ones worth

expectations of behavior accepted by society

person develops the means of maintaining integrity of the self in altered circumstances; meets demands of environment without causing undue distress to self or others.

• Self actualiztion- reach full potential
• self-esteem
• belonging
• safety and security
• biological integrity- air, water, food, rest

continuous development of realistic self concept

maintain stable ID in variety of situations over time

adapt to internal and external stress and achieve maximum patential

• self-concept stressors
• physical stressors (chronic illness)
• substance abuse

causes changes in the normal balanced state of the body.

• growth enhancing
• strength
• resistance

• over stressed
• weakness
• vulnerability

• Situational (divorce)
• maturational (having a baby)

• Local Adaptation syndrome (only part of the bidy)
• General Adaptation Syndrome- total body response.
• 1. alarm reaction
• 2. resistance
• 3. exhaustion

• 1. Alarm- I/C HR, O2 intake
• 2. Resistnace- body tries to recover
• 3. Exhaustion- stress over time causees this, chronic epi and nor epi is bad for the body.

• Frustration
• Anxiety
• tension

compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, identification, regression, intellectualization, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, sublimation, dissocation, introjection, undoing, repression

take into oneself the behaviors of others

exaggerate opposite behaviors from true feelings

change avoidance, exercise, habitutation, time blocking, time management, environmental modification, guided imagery, progressive muscle relaxation, journal writing, breathing techniques.