Strategies For Coping With Stress

Question 1

What are the strategies for coping with stress

Answer 1

Context‐specific effectiveness
• Copingflexibility
• Exercise
• Approach coping strategies
• Avoidantcoping strategies

Question 2

Coping

Answer 2

COPING is a process involving ‘COGNITIVE and BEHAVIOURAL efforts to manage specific INTERNAL and/or
EXTERNAL STRESSORS that are APPRAISED as TAXING or EXCEEDING the resources of a person in a stressful situation.

Question 3

Coping strategy

Answer 3

a specific method that people use to manage or reduce the stress produced by a stressor.

Question 4

Context specific effectiveness

Answer 4

Does the coping strategy used match with the environment/situation?

A coping strategy is considered to have context specificness when there is a match between the coping strategy that is used and the stressful situation.

Question 5

Coping flexibity

Answer 5

The ability to EFFECTIVELY MODIFY or ADJUST ones COPING STRATEGIES according to the demands of different stressful situations

Adaptive personality disorder

High- adjust readily and have a good fit between situation and strategy

Low- use same strategy across many situations and therefore not adaptable.

Question 6

Exercise

Answer 6

Physical activity that is planned and performed to maintain physical condition.

Counters stress by:
Uses up excess stress hormone, body can return to normal function sooner (after stress)

Increases effectiveness of cardiovascular system and improves stamina for dealing with future stress

Releases mood enhancing hormones

Time out

Social support

Question 7

Approach coping strategies

Answer 7

Involves efforts to CONFRONT a STRESSOR and deal DIRECTLY with it

Question 8

Avoidant coping strategies

Answer 8

Involve efforts that EVADE a STRESSOR and deal INDIRECTLY with it and its effects

Tends to be associated with NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES for mental and physical health

Not always bad, can be effective in short term

Both strategies are often used together