1. Chapter 6 Stress Prone & Resistant Personalities Chapter 6 Stress Prone & Resistant Personalities

2. ` ` Are some people prone for stress while others are not? How does personality influence our interpretations of our life events? The following are examples of stress-prone and stress-resistant personalities. While there are those that say you cannot change your personality, it is agreed that you can change personality traits to become more stress-resistant. Are some people prone for stress while others are not? How does personality influence our interpretations of our life events? The following are examples of stress-prone and stress-resistant personalities. While there are those that say you cannot change your personality, it is agreed that you can change personality traits to become more stress-resistant.

3. Type A Behavior Type A Behavior

4. Type A Characteristics 1. Time Urgency 2. Polyphasia (Multi-Tasking) 3. Ultra-Competitiveness 4. Rapid Speech Patterns 5. Manipulative Control 6. Hyperaggressiveness, Free-Floating Hostility 1. Time Urgency 2. Polyphasia (Multi-Tasking) 3. Ultra-Competitiveness 4. Rapid Speech Patterns 5. Manipulative Control 6. Hyperaggressiveness, Free-Floating Hostility

5. Hostility: The Lethal Trait of Type A’s Hostility: The Lethal Trait of Type A’s

6. Tips for managing Type A:  Review your successes  Enter a thorough self-appraisal  Learn that life is unfinished  Choose fights  Practice being creative when you are being forced to wait

7. Did Someone Say Type D Personality? Did Someone Say Type D Personality?

8. Helpless-Hopeless Personality Locus of Control Internal versus External Locus of Control Internal versus External

9. The Hardy Personality: Resiliency 1. Commitment 2. Control 3. Challenge 1. Commitment 2. Control 3. Challenge

10. Survivor Personality Survivor Personality Biphasic Personality Traits

11. Sensation Seekers (Type R Personality) Sensation Seekers (Type R Personality) People who examine the odds, take calculated risks, and who live life to the fullest with confidence, self- efficacy, courage, optimism, and creativity.

12. Ways to Boost Your Self-Esteem 1. Disarm the negative critic 2. Give yourself positive affirmations 3. Avoid self-guilt and “should haves” 4. Focus on you and your identity 5. Avoid comparisons 6. Diversify your interests 7. Improve your connectedness 8. Avoid self-victimization 9. Reassert yourself before and during stress 1. Disarm the negative critic 2. Give yourself positive affirmations 3. Avoid self-guilt and “should haves” 4. Focus on you and your identity 5. Avoid comparisons 6. Diversify your interests 7. Improve your connectedness 8. Avoid self-victimization 9. Reassert yourself before and during stress

13. Chapter 7 Stress and Human Spirituality Stress and Human Spirituality

14. A Spiritual Hunger Spiritual Bankruptcy Spiritual Dormancy Spiritual Bankruptcy Spiritual Dormancy

15. Theories of Human Spirituality Theories of Human Spirituality

16. Seasons of the Soul Centering Process Emptying Process Grounding Process Connecting Process Seasons of the Soul Centering Process Emptying Process Grounding Process Connecting Process

17. The Centering Process

18. The Emptying Process

19. The Grounding Process The Grounding Process

20. The Connecting Process

21. A Model of Spirituality for Stress Management A Model of Spirituality for Stress Management

22. Relationships Values Purpose in life Relationships Values Purpose in life