4E - Stratagies for coping

Question 1

what is a coping strategy?

Answer 1

a specific method (affective, biological, cognitive or behavioural) that we use to manage or reduce stress caused by a stressor

Question 2

what is context specific effectiveness

Answer 2

an assesment on whether a strategy matches or is appropriate for a stressful situation

Question 3

what does there have to be to make a coping strategy successful?

Answer 3

it must match the specific demands of the stressor to the individuals personal characterisitics.

Question 4

what is coping flexibility?

Answer 4

our abiity to modify our coping stratagies to meet the demands of different situations

Question 5

what do individuals with high coping flexibility do? (2)

Answer 5

• quickly recognise and adjust if stratagies are ineffective
• tend to use a wider variety of stratagies across situations

Question 6

what do individuals with low coping flexibility do? (2)

Answer 6

• tend to rely on the same, limited coping stratagies across different situatons, and persist with them even though htey know they are ineffective
• the are not flexible and are predictable

Question 7

what are the 2 coping stratagies

Answer 7

avoidance & approach

Question 8

what is the aim of both avoidance and approach?

Answer 8

to reduce stress levels and increase the ability to cope

Question 9

what are approach stratagies? give examples

Answer 9

involve confronting the stressor directly

eg. making notes, creating cue cards, testing with a friend

Question 10

what are avoidance stratagies? give examples

Answer 10

involve evading a stressor and dealing with it indirectly

eg. hanging out with friends as a distraction, not thinking abt it, deciding you dont care abt ur result