PSY 805 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Avoidance Coping, Cognitive Restructuring, Automatic Negative Thoughts

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 805
• Professor: Alexandra Fiocco

Document Summary

Coping: effective use of resources and strategies to deal with internal/external demands. Folkman & lazarus split coping strategies into problem-focused coping (dealing with cause of the distress) and emotion-focused coping (managing distress caused by issue) Goodness of fit hypothesis: coping is most effective when there is a good fit between the coping strategy and the amount of control over the stressor. In situations which you can exert a high level of control over the stressor, problem-focused coping is best. Support seeking is an independent coping strategy, asking for support from loved ones. Fourth category termed meaning-making coping, which is coping that uses values and beliefs to shape meaning in stressful situations. When situational meaning is incongruent with global meaning (product of our core values, beliefs and goals), the event can be stressful. Meaning making involves cognitive restructuring, or reworking existing beliefs and replacing them with new ones, to fit the situation.