Category: M
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Meanings made
Cognitive products that are the result of meaning-making coping’s assimilation and accommodation processes.
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Meaning making coping
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.
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Meaning in life
The larger understanding, significance, and purpose one sees in one’s life.
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Meaningfulness
One of three factors that comprise Antonovsky’s construct of sense of coherence that refers to one’s ability to emotionally make sense of demands and to perceive these demands as worthwhile investments of energy.
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Mantra meditation
A form of concentrative meditation in which a word, sound, or phrase is repeated during the meditative session.
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Manageability
One of three factors that comprise Antonovsky’s construct of sense of coherence that refers to one’s ability to access internal and external coping resources and use them when needed.
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Maladaptive attitudes
Enduring dysfunctional cognitive structures in Beck’s model that serve as wellsprings for automatic negative thoughts.
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Motivational syndrome
Syndrome characterized by a loss of motivation, dullness, apathy, and no interest in the future.
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Migraine headaches
Headaches characterized by throbbing pain that can last for hours or days, sometimes accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Migraines are thought to be the result of dilation of blood vessels in the head. Head pain believed to be neurovascular in origin that is typically felt more on one side of the head and may be…
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Maximum heart rate formula
Method of estimating the intensity range for an aerobic workout using a percentage (70 to 85 percent) of the maximum heart rate.