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Stress and Stress and PersonalityPersonality
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How does your How does your personality affect your personality affect your
response to stress?response to stress?
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Major PointsMajor Points
Background from the field of PsychologyBackground from the field of Psychology Personality Traits/TypesPersonality Traits/Types
According to stress responseAccording to stress response Typology systemsTypology systems
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Psychology of Personality:Psychology of Personality:What do they have to What do they have to
say???say??? FreudFreud JungJung
Kubler-RossKubler-Ross FranklFrankl MaslowMaslow
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FreudFreudStress comes from the tension between your id (impulses) and the superego (society). This is controlled by the ego (identity).You try to use defense mechanisms to protect your ego.
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JungJungYour personality arises through individuation. Stress may result from conflicts between your conscious and unconscious.
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Kubler-Kubler-RossRoss
The stages of handling
unmet expectations are
similar to the stages of
dying: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression,
and finally acceptance.
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FranklFranklStress can arise from the failure to make meaning out of life and suffering.
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MaslowMaslow
Self-actualizationSelf-Esteem
Belonging and LoveSafety
Physiological needs
Look to my hierarchy of Needs. Stress occurs when Lower level needs are notMet, which keeps the personFrom reaching higher levels.
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Personality Personality Traits: Traits: Stress-prone Stress-prone vs. vs. Stress-Stress-ResistantResistant
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Type A Behaviors/TraitsType A Behaviors/Traits
Rushed lifestyleRushed lifestyle Predictor of heart diseasePredictor of heart disease CharacteristicsCharacteristics Type A and our societyType A and our society Hostility is the key factorHostility is the key factor
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Other-Focused Other-Focused Traits/BehaviorsTraits/Behaviors
Self-worth comes from others depending Self-worth comes from others depending on themon them
CharacteristicsCharacteristics MotivationMotivation
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Helpless-Hopeless Helpless-Hopeless BehaviorsBehaviors
Learned helplessnessLearned helplessness Locus of controlLocus of control
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Hardy PersonalityHardy Personality
CommitmentCommitment ControlControl ChallengeChallenge
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Sensation SeekersSensation Seekers
Type RType R Calculated risksCalculated risks
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Self-Esteem and Self-Esteem and PersonalityPersonality
Low self-esteem = stress-proneLow self-esteem = stress-prone High self-esteem=stress resistantHigh self-esteem=stress resistant Self-Assessments in book Self-Assessments in book
(p. 125-127)(p. 125-127) Self-ValueSelf-Value
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Personality TypologyPersonality Typology
Jung Jung Myers-Briggs Typology Inventory Myers-Briggs Typology Inventory (MBTI)(MBTI)
PreferencesPreferences
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Extraversion-IntraversionExtraversion-Intraversion
ExtraversionExtraversion External focusExternal focus Energy from Energy from
peoplepeople
IntraversionIntraversion Internal focusInternal focus Time aloneTime alone
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Sensing-IntuitionSensing-Intuition
SensingSensing Rely on sensesRely on senses PracticalPractical Deal with factsDeal with facts
IntuitionIntuition DreamersDreamers ExperienceExperience Deal with ideasDeal with ideas
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Thinking-FeelingThinking-Feeling
ThinkingThinking LogicalLogical AnalyticalAnalytical Think through Think through
decisionsdecisions
FeelingFeeling EmotionalEmotional Decisions based on Decisions based on
valuesvalues
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Judging-PerceptionJudging-Perception
JudgingJudging Organization Organization
and orderand order Work ahead of Work ahead of
scheduleschedule
PerceptionPerception SpontaneousSpontaneous Work best at the last Work best at the last
minuteminute
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Myers-Myers-Briggs Type Briggs Type and Stressand Stress
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PreferencesPreferences ExtroversionExtroversion IntroversionIntroversion
IntuitionIntuition SensingSensing ThinkingThinking FeelingFeeling Judging Judging
PerceivingPerceiving
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Personality Test ActivityPersonality Test Activity
Answer the following questions:Answer the following questions: What are some of the stressors that each of your personality What are some of the stressors that each of your personality
types could be prone to?types could be prone to? What stressors could arise when two people with your What stressors could arise when two people with your
personality types work together or are in relationships personality types work together or are in relationships (friendships, romance, parents, etc.) with one another?(friendships, romance, parents, etc.) with one another?
What would be the strengths of this relationship?What would be the strengths of this relationship? What is some common ground between your personality types?What is some common ground between your personality types? How might each person understand the other’s response to How might each person understand the other’s response to
stress?stress? What could each person learn from the other?What could each person learn from the other?