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Social Stress

Chapter 5

Stress: difficulties experienced by an individual as a result of perceived challenges. It’s a heightened mind-body reaction to stimuli inducing fear or anxiety in the individual.

Stress Adaptation

Physiological Responses to Stress

Fight or Flight Response

Social Factors and Stress

1. Life Events

2. Chronic Strains

3. Extreme Situations

Stress and the Social Group

Stress and Socioeconomic Status