Imminence
Cognitive transactional models
Commitments as person variables
Threat appraisal
Harm/loss appraisal
Vulnerability
Secondary appraisal
Benign-positive appraisal
Beliefs as person variables
Stressful appraisal
Situation variables
Cognitive appraisal
Event uncertainty
Duration
Irrelevant appraisal
Type A behaviour pattern
Person variables
Novelty
Predictability
Social dominance
Reappraisal
Challenge appraisal
Temporal uncertainty
Primary appraisal
Values that influence appraisal by determining the importance of a particular encounter and that affect the choices made to achieve a desired outcome
A continuous experience in which existing appraisals of situations are changes or modified on the basis of new information
A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve harm/loss, threat, or challenge at the time of primary appraisal
Situational factor involved in stress appraisal
Assessment of whether or not an event is stressful
A risk factor for coronary disease that is independent of hostility; described as "a set of controlling behaviours, including the tendency to cut off and talk over the interviewer"
Interval during which an event is being anticipated; the more imminent an event, the more intense the appraisal
A type of stressful appraisal at the time of primary appraisal that involves significant physical or psychological loss
Variables, particularly commitments and beliefs, that interact with situation variables to affect the appraisal of a situation's stressfulness
A cognitive process by which an event is appraised to involve outcomes that are positive and may enhance well-being
Variables that interact with person variables to influence the appraisal of a situation
Models that emphasize the relationship between a person and his pr her environment and the appraisal that the individual makes of the situation
Lack of knowledge about when an event will occur, which can result in stress
Pre-existing notions, both personal and cultural, that influence appraisal, and thus stress, by determining the meaning given to the environment
A characteristic of the environment that allows an individual to prepare for an event and therefore reduce the stress involved
The extent to which an individual's previous experience with a situation influences the appraisal process
Physically, the adequacy of an individual's resources; psychologically, a threat to something that an individual values
The inability to predict the probability of an event, which, as a result, increases the stress response
A cognitive process by which an event is appraised as having no implications for an individual's well being
An individual's evaluation of their ability to cope with a situation following primary appraisal
Impatience, time urgency, aggressiveness, hostility, competitiveness - originally thought to predict coronary heart disease
Appraisal in which, though an event is perceived to be stressful, the focus is one of positive excitement and the potential for growth
The initial evaluation of a situation
An appraisal at the time of the primary appraisal that involves the anticipation of harm or loss
