Category: S

  • Social strain

    Refers to social interactions within a network of social relationships that are a source of stress because they drain resources or provide assistance in an unhelpful manner.  

  • Signature strengths

    Personality characteristics that represent one’s virtues such as curiosity, integrity, fairness, self-control, spirituality, forgiveness, and humor that are measured by the Values in Action Scale.  

  • Sexual coercion

    A form of pressure for sexual involvement tied to job outcomes.  

  • Sensory systems

    The body’s systems that detect stimuli in its inner and outer environment to enable vision, hearing, and pain, for example.  

  • Sensory projection system

    The circuit from a sense organ moving through the thalamus to its specific region in the neocortex responsible for the experience of sensation.  

  • Sense of coherence

    One’s worldview according to Antonoysky that is comprised of the three integrated factors of comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness.  

  • Self transcendence

    A characteristic of an altered or meditative state in which a person experiences expanded consciousness, more positive thoughts, and a feeling of inner peace associated with feelings of enlightenment.  

  • Self-regulation

    Setting standards and goals and then guiding oneself toward these goals while maintaining one’s internal standards.  

  • Self-forgiveness

    The process of letting go of a desire to punish, retaliate, or act destructively toward oneself due to one’s perceived transgressions.  

  • Secular meditation

    Also called relaxation response meditation; a form of mantra meditation pioneered by Benson.