At the beginning of the 21st century Martin Seligman and his colleagues developed Positive Psychology as a new branch of science in Psychology (Seligman, 2002). Positive psychology is a branch of psychology that studies science and applications that relate to the study of psychological strengths and positive emotions (Snyder and Lopez, 2007). Positive psychological views emphasize on how to utilize strengths and pre-eminence rather than focusing on deficiency and weakness, opening a new window for
person environment transaction. Many factors affect the appraisal of stress i.e. person’s positive affect, optimistic attitude and availability of resources, self esteem, social support, coping skills and gender. What occurs during appraisal process determines coping behavior; it is not the pressure itself but the perception of that pressure that is an issue (Cox, 1978; Lazarus, 1966; McGrath, 1970). Positive thinker will appraise stressful situation as less threatening and cope with it effectively
relationship. For my example of street youth and crime, it can be integrated with social learning theory quite nicely because Agnew provides an abundant of information that involves the underlying mechanism that connects with strain, emotions and delinquent behavior in young individuals. In Agnew’s theory he argues that the cause of strain among youth is the idea of blocking of the achievement of which these young individual have valued, meaning the goals they have set for themselves. Without the feeling of
beliefs, emotions, and behaviors, some of which are constructive to human functioning and some dysfunctional. Some religious practices that characterize a spiritual life can be viewed as a sign of physical disturbance, while others might buffer against physical illness. The ways in which religiousness is connected with psychological functioning are thus very intricate and multifaceted. A potential factor that can help us explain those relationships is found in the form of coping with stress. Sometime
Coping with Stress Coping means how people face their everyday problems. Coping depends on your psychological responses to stress, their judgment in an event, their attention, and their goals to result they desire. Dealing also depend on social context and interpersonal relationships. It may affect them to express what they feel. If person that dealing with stress have communicated with other people, his or her will become a strong person because someone gives time and listen to his or her problem
Hope. It is "a positive motivational state that is based on an interactively derived sense of successful (1) agency (goal-directed energy) and (2) pathways (planning to meet goals)" (p. 287) was define by Snyder, Irving, and Anderson (1991). Like self-efficacy, an individual's self-initiated, goal-directed motivations and behaviors are what hope capitalizes on. On the other hand, a different set of mechanisms through which goals are accomplished was also what hope focuses on. These elements of hope
distinguished between to broad types of coping
in me is talking to which ego state in you” (Solomon, 2003, p. 17). Zits is constantly swearing and is rude to his foster parents which doesn’t always end well for him. “Good morning, the foster father says, Fuck you, I say” (Alexie, p. 28). Zits behavior and reaction is mainly due to the strokes he
106). Motivation refers to reasons that underlie behavior that is characterized by willingness and volition. (L.emily, 2011). Motivation can be explained as a goal-directed behavior by which a person can perform different activities. It is the willingness of someone to act in a particular way. However communication is significant in motivating a person throughout
abandonment by others. (Early, 2009) Symptoms of BPD include frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment, identity disturbance, impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging, recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self –mutilating behavior, chronic feeling of emptiness, inappropriate and intense anger or difficulty controlling anger, pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, and transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative