Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In the context of stress management, music is a vocal or instrumental sound used for enjoyment and mood regulation.  

Assume that personality or other factors are intervening variables between stress and health and can serve as an intensifier of stress or a buffer that reduces the impact of stressors.  

Bodily movement such as brisk walking that produces a sustained heart rate of around 60% of one’s maximum capacity.  

A series of 2- to 3-minute meditation sessions practiced throughout the day.  

The least threatening assertive response that can accomplish the objective.  

A mindfulness based psychological intervention program designed to prevent relapses for individuals who have been successfully treated for clinical depression.  

Also known as meta-analytic reviews; studies that use statistical procedures to determine average effect sizes of multiple studies.  

A healthy eating plan that emphasizes eating fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, olive oil, and fish; it may also include drinking wine with meals.  

Cognitive products that are the result of meaning-making coping’s assimilation and accommodation processes.  

To use one’s values, beliefs, and goals to shape meaning in stressful situations that are generally not conducive to the use of problem-focused coping.