Health & Stress
One thing to remember! Not all stress is bad as it can help with motivation.
Biomedical Model - Looks at health in terms of physical wellbeing. It is defined by an individual's
physical body symptoms.
BioPsychoSocial Model - Looks at health in terms of all factors that could impact someone's well being
such as social, biological and psychological factors.
The Biopsychosocial model also shows health as a continuum rather than two opposites. The
Biomedical model decides someone is either well or unwell whilst Biopsychosocial has different stages
and severities of health.
Stress - An emotional response to situations of threat.
Stressor - An aspect of the environment or situation that causes stress.
Physical - Environmental such as noise or temperature.
Psychological - Workplace, life events, daily hassles.
Stress Responses:
Physiological - Refers to how the body physically responds to a stressor, such as increased heart rate,
sweating or sickness.
Psychological - The emotions an individual experiences when stressed.
Perceived ability to cope::
Even if a stressor is present not all individuals will feel stressed, it depends on the person's perception
on how they can cope. Psychological stress occurs when the demands of the environment are greater
than the individual's ability to cope with them.
Perception of available resources:
This is how people believe they can cope with the perception of the resources they have around them
to combat the stressor.
Resources can be internal or external.
Internal - Psychological resources such as resilience and self efficacy.
External - Social support, friends and family.
One thing to remember! Not all stress is bad as it can help with motivation.
Biomedical Model - Looks at health in terms of physical wellbeing. It is defined by an individual's
physical body symptoms.
BioPsychoSocial Model - Looks at health in terms of all factors that could impact someone's well being
such as social, biological and psychological factors.
The Biopsychosocial model also shows health as a continuum rather than two opposites. The
Biomedical model decides someone is either well or unwell whilst Biopsychosocial has different stages
and severities of health.
Stress - An emotional response to situations of threat.
Stressor - An aspect of the environment or situation that causes stress.
Physical - Environmental such as noise or temperature.
Psychological - Workplace, life events, daily hassles.
Stress Responses:
Physiological - Refers to how the body physically responds to a stressor, such as increased heart rate,
sweating or sickness.
Psychological - The emotions an individual experiences when stressed.
Perceived ability to cope::
Even if a stressor is present not all individuals will feel stressed, it depends on the person's perception
on how they can cope. Psychological stress occurs when the demands of the environment are greater
than the individual's ability to cope with them.
Perception of available resources:
This is how people believe they can cope with the perception of the resources they have around them
to combat the stressor.
Resources can be internal or external.
Internal - Psychological resources such as resilience and self efficacy.
External - Social support, friends and family.
