An event, situation, experience, or trigger that causes stress

A stress response, more common in females, involving seeking social contact during stress

Selye's model proposing that different stressors produce the same physiological response in three phases

A negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioural changes

The thoughts and behaviours used to manage the internal and external demands of stressful situations

The perception of stress determined by an individual's appraisal of their resources to manage a stressor

A primal survival mechanism activating the sympathetic nervous system to confront or flee a threat