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Meeting Life Challenges
How stress and life-style are related to each other?
• Life-style is the overall pattern of decisions and behaviours that determined a person's health and quality of life.
• Stress can lead to unhealthy life-style because stressed individuals may be more likely to expose themselves to pathogens, which are agents causing physical illness.
• Stressed people develop poor food habits, sleep disturbances and are likely to engage in behaviours like smoking and alcohol abuse.
• Such health impairing behaviours develop gradually and provide pleasant experiences temporarily however ignore their long-term damaging effects.
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Explain the effect of stress on psychological functioning.
Describe how life skills can help meet life's challenges.
Discuss the factors that lead to positive health and well-being.
How does stress affect the immune system?
Give an example of a life event which is likely to be stressful. Suggest reasons why it is likely to cause different degrees of stress to the person experiencing it.
Given what you know about coping strategies, what suggestions would you give to your friends to avoid stress in their everyday lives.
Reflect on the environmental factors that have —
(a) a positive impact on the being and (b) a negative effect.
We know that certain life-style factors can cause stress and may lead to diseases like cancer and coronary heart disease, yet we are unable to change our behaviour. Explain why?
Define Stress.
What is distress?
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