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Arousal and physiological toughness: Implications for mental and physical health (1989)
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| Venue: | Psychological Review |
| Citations: | 81 - 0 self |
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@ARTICLE{Dienstbier89arousaland,
author = {Richard A. Dienstbier},
title = {Arousal and physiological toughness: Implications for mental and physical health},
journal = {Psychological Review},
year = {1989},
pages = {84--100}
}
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Abstract
Confrontations with stressors and challenges evoke central and peripheral physiological arousal. Characterizations of that peripheral arousal traditionally have been negative, but some mo-dem views are more positive. After providing some defi nitions, I discuss the apparent contradictions between literatures whose ba-sis is an assumption of the harmfulness of peripheral physiologi-cal arousal and those whose basis is not. Defi nitions According to Folkman and Lazarus (1985), the term stress implies “a relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as relevant to his or her well-being and in which the person’s resources are taxed or exceeded ” (p. 152). As components of stress, Folkman and Lazarus described threat as “potential for harm or loss, ” challenge as “potential for growth, ” and harm-loss as “injury already done ” (p. 152). How-
