Coping with stress

Question 1

What is coping?

Answer 1

attempt to try and manage a stressor

Question 2

What are coping strategies?

Answer 2

methods or ways people use in order to manage or deal with a stressor

Question 3

What is context-specific effectiveness?

Answer 3

when there is a good match between a coping strategy and the stressor

Question 4

What is coping flexbility?

Answer 4

ability of a person to change or adapt their current strategy for another strategy that is more appropriate when dealing with that stressor

Question 5

What is high coping flexibility?

Answer 5

when a person can actively change their strategy and recognise that it is not working

Question 6

What is low coping flexibility?

Answer 6

when people use the same strategies even if it isn’t effective

Question 7

How can exercise relieve stress?

Answer 7

releases cortisol for energy

• increases fitness and person’s ability to cope with stress
• releases endorphins which increase mood

Question 8

What is problem focused coping?

Answer 8

involves efforts to try and change the stressor - fix the stressor

Question 9

What is emotion focused coping?

Answer 9

when we believe we have little control over the situation

- use strategies dealing with emotional stress

Question 10

What are approach coping strategies?

Answer 10

an effort to try and confront the stressor directly

Question 11

What are avoidant coping strategies?

Answer 11

aims to avoid any feelings of emotional stress

= activity is focused away from the stressor