Strategies for Reducing the Stress of Negative Life Experiences: An Averaging/Summation Analysis
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Todd McElroy Ph.D. (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Experiments 1 through 4 investigated how different orientations
to stimulus events influenced whether the addition of a mildly
negative stressor to a highly negative one did or did not decrease
stress. In Experiment 1, reductions in stress levels were obtained
when perceivers concentrated on the negative implications of
each stressor but not when they concentrated on the implications
associated with the entire situation. In Experiments 2 and 3,
reductions in stress were obtained when participants were asked
to think about a mildly negative event in addition to a highly
negative one, but this effect was reduced when participants
overtly appraised each stressor before reporting their overall stress
reaction. In Experiment 4, stress reductions were obtained when
participants were induced to think about either two or four of the
negative implications associated with a single stressor but not
when they thought about six negative implications.
Strategies for Reducing the Stress of Negative Life Experiences: An Averaging/Summation Analysis
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- Publication
- Seta, J. J., Seta, C. E., & McElroy, T. (2002). Strategies for educing the stress of negative life experiences: An averaging/summation analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28: 1574-1585. Published by SAGE (ISSN: 0146-1672).
- Language: English
- Date: 2002