Coping with Stress Emotion-focused coping Problem-focused coping
{"Image DocumentName": "Coping with Stress Emotion-focused coping Problem-focused coping", "Image ImageDescription": "Method of managing emotion in the face of stress by seeking to change the way they feel or perceive a problem. Problem-focused coping. Attempts to modify the stressful problem or source of the stress. People also use other, more direct and potentially more positive means for coping with stress. Specifically, coping strategies fall into two categories: emotion-focused coping and problem-focused coping. In emotion-focused coping, people try to manage their emotions in the face of stress, seeking to change the way they feel or perceive a problem. Examples of emotion-focused coping include such strategies as accepting sympathy from others or looking at the bright side of a situation. In contrast, problem-focused coping attempts to modify the stressful problem or source of the stress. Problem-focused strategies lead to changes in behavior or to the development of a plan of action to deal with stress. Starting a study group to improve poor classroom performance is an example of problem-focused coping. In most stressful incidents, people employ both emotion-focused and problem-focused strategies. However, they use emotion-focused strategies more frequently when they perceive circumstances as being unchangeable, and problem-focused approaches more often in situations they see as relatively modifiable (Lazarus, 1999; Stanton & Franz, 1999; Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000). Copyright \u00a9 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}