Coping Mechanism and Mental Hygiene Flashcards
__________ is defined as the thoughts and behaviors used to manage the internal and external demands of situations that are appraised as stressful.
Coping
Coping varies greatly:
Coping Strategies
Coping Styles
When faced with stress, coping responses can be characterized as:
Problem-focused coping & Emotion-focused coping
_________________ involves attempts to do something constructive about the stressful conditions that are harming, threatening, or challenging an individual.
Problem-focused coping
_________________ involves efforts to regulate emotions experienced due to the stressful event.
Emotion-focused coping
____________– is a propensity to deal with stressful events in a particular way.
Coping Styles
The reverse - where removing the stressor and avoiding it in the future is preferred.
Avoidant (minimizing)
Approaching is characterized by wanting to address the problem, get it out in the open and deal with it.
Approach (confrontative, vigilant)
The __________ - where removing the stressor and avoiding it in the future is preferred.
reverse
_____________ is characterized by wanting to address the problem, get it out in the open and deal with it.
Approaching
Analyze reasons why errors were made and correct them
Problem-focused coping strategy & Approach coping style
Use relaxation techniques to reduce stress
Emotion-focused coping strategy & Approach coping style
Try again and don’t worry about it
Problem-focused coping strategy & Avoidance coping style
Ignore the situation as if it did not bother you
Emotion-focused coping strategy & Avoidance coping style
_____________ – the science of maintaining mental health and preventing the development of psychosis, neurosis, or other mental disorders.
Mental Hygiene
What are the three approaches of Mental Hygiene?
- The Preventive Approach
- The Therapeutic Approach
- The Curative Approach
Approaches of Mental Hygiene:
______________ – practices to surround the individual influences that will enable to develop his/her full potentialities, to obtain emotional stability and to achieve personal and social adequacy.
The Preventive Approach
Approaches of Mental Hygiene:
______________ – concerned with detection and correction of serious but curative behavioral maladjustments.
The Curative Approach
Approaches of Mental Hygiene:
_______________ – attempt to correct minor behavioral adjustments through counseling and psychotherapy.
The Therapeutic Approach
Preventive Approach: __________
Self-Care
____________ is “the practice of activities that a mature person initiates and performs, within a time frame, to promote and maintain personal well-being, healthy functioning, and continuing development throughout life.” (Orem, 2001)
SELF-CARE
SELF-CARE IS _________________
SELF-COMPASSION
It is defined as a healthy attitude toward oneself and is assumed to influence individuals’ evaluations of potentially threatening situations. (Neff, 2003)
Self-care
________________ describes a positive and caring attitude of a person toward her- or himself in the face of failures and individual shortcomings.
Self-compassion
