James M. DeCarli, MPH, MPA, CHESInjury & Violence Prevention Program
Department of Public HealthLos Angeles County
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Emotions & Stress
Emotions & Workplace
Stress/Disease/Depression
Anger & Hostility‐effects in the workplace
Reacting versus responding
Mind/Body Interventions‐coping in the workplace
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•Communicates information about relationships to the self
and world
•Motivates withdrawal or approach
•Closer (positive) or pushes away (negative)
•Adaptive
•Misinterpret
•Influences learning and memory
•Universal across cultures
•Body‐based
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Driver behavior‐you are driving on the freeway, a car in the fast lane to your left crosses in front of you, cutting you off, to make the off‐ramp, requiring you to slam on your brakes nearly hitting the car. The other driver misses the off‐ramp and continues on the freeway in the lane next to you and in front of you.How do you feel? What are your reactions?
A car cuts you off Causing you to slam your brakes on
Fight or Flight
Response
Stressor
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Function CauseAnger •Perceived violation
•Injustice•Frustration
Happiness •Perception of expectation of gainAnxiety/fear •Perception of threat
•Danger with difficulty copingSadness •Perception that something of value
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•Experience same stimulus •Different emotional reaction
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2. Abstract/concrete
3. Upper or lower case words
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React versus respond
Mind/Body ‐coping in the workplace
Obtaining help
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