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Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Meditation
Listening to soothing
music
Taking a quiet walk
Reduce stress
Eliminate butterflies
Affects on long-term health
Feelings
Social- Bodily
Expressive
Emotion
Arousal
Sense of
Significant life event Purpose
Feeling component
Biological activation.
Autonomic and hormonal systems.
Prepare and activate adaptive
coping behavior during emotion.
Body prepared for action.
Alert posture, clenched fists.
Purposive component
a) Overwhelmed
b) Depressed
c) Ashamed
d) Self Conscious
e) Jittery
Managing emotions (Branch 4)
1. Buffering hypothesis:
Social support buffers individual from
stressful life event. Only when needed.
2. Direct effect:
Social support promotes well-being at all
times. Not just under stress.
Both are possible, depending on the
nature of the stressor.
Role of Social Support