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2. Coping
‘Coping’;
To face and deal with
responsibilities,
problems or
difficulties, especially
successfully or in a calm or
adequate manner.
3. Coping pretty much describes all
the different things people do to
manage and reduce the stress they
feel as a result of issues, problems or
difficult situations that occur.
5. Moreover, coping can be defined
as the expending and conscious
efforts of individuals to solve external
or internal problems or dilemmas
which can minimize the occurrence of
stress or conflicts.
6. Despite this,
often have other bad
some coping
impacts).
strategies are seen as
less beneficial,
because they reduce
stress temporarily,
but don’t reduce it in
the long run (and
7. Drugs and alcohol are examples
of less effective, and sometimes
damaging coping strategies.
8. Positive coping skills are any
strategies which people find to reduce
stress effectively without future backlash.
It is these skills you want to develop to
help you manage stressful circumstances.
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There are over hundreds of
identified coping mechanisms by
psychological researches and studies,
but, over time, these strategies have
been summed up into 3 broad
classifications:
10. Appraisal-focused (adaptive
cognitive) The best example of this is the denial
coping strategy. It is being used to resolve
a dilemma by distancing oneself to the
existing problem. Positively speaking,
people who employ this particular kind of
coping mechanism, sees humor as
their “stress moderator”.
11. Problem-focused (adaptive behavioral) – This
type of a coping strategy tries to study and deal
with the problem. “How is this done?” Humans
find out the basic information about a certain
problem and then in order to cope with it, some
people try to discover and manage new skills to
solve the problem
12. • Emotion-focused coping strategy – It
comprises the release of pent-up emotions,
control of hostile feelings and the
employment of meditation or relaxation
techniques. Likewise, this mechanism of
coping is geared towards the understanding
and perception of stress, and the wise
management of feelings or emotions