2. WHAT IS COPING……???
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.
Everyone experiences different levels of stress, and also
have different ways of coping, which is completely fine.
There isn’t a ‘right’ way to cope ,different strategies work
well for different people, depending on their personal
strengths and skills.
3. MEANING OF COPING
• In psychology, coping is expending conscious effort to solve
personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master,
minimize or tolerate stress or conflict.
• Psychological coping mechanisms are commonly termed coping
strategies or coping skills.
5. APPRAISAL-FOCUSED.
(ADAPTIVE COGNITIVE)
• Directed towards challenging one's own assumptions, adaptive
cognitive.
• occur when the person modifies the way they think,
• Exp: employing denial, or distancing oneself from the problem.
People may alter the way they think about a problem by altering
their goals and values, such as by seeing the humor in a situation:
"some have suggested that humor may play a greater role as a
stress moderator among women than men
6. PROBLEM-FOCUSED.
(ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR)
• Directed towards reducing or eliminating a stressor, adaptive
behavioral
• People using problem-focused strategies try to deal with the
cause of their problem. They do this by finding out information on
the problem and learning new skills to manage the problem.
Problem-focused coping is aimed at changing or eliminating the
source of the stress. The three problem-focused coping strategies
identified by Folkman and Lazarus are taking control, information
seeking, and evaluating the pros and cons
7. PROBLEM-FOCUSED
EXAMPLE
• Time Management
• Mentoring (advise)
• Role Negotiation: Role negotiation is a process for clarifying the
expectations. We negotiate with an individual not a group.
8. EMOTION-FOCUSED.
• Directed towards changing one's own emotional reaction.
• involve releasing pent-up emotions (in hearted), distracting
oneself, managing hostile feelings(enemies), meditating or using
systematic relaxation procedures.
• Emotion-focused coping "is oriented toward managing the
emotions that accompany the perception of stress.
9. FIVE EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING STRATEGIES
• Disclaiming.
• Escape-avoidance.
• Accepting responsibility or blame.
• Exercising self-control.
• Positive reappraisal.
