PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Meta-Analysis
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Blaming yourself for the problem happening: denial. Keep going over it and reliving it, rethinking it: catastrophizing. Making a bigger deal of your situation. Failed midterm -> fail university -> wo(cid:374)"t fi(cid:374)d a jo(cid:271) -> (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t fi(cid:374)d a partner -> die alone. Ex. got fired but can spend more time with my children. So(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es we (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t do a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out the stressor: humor. Make fun of the situation to make them feel better. Emotional focus + avoidance: substance use. Praying: some different strategies work better depending on the stressor. What is most effective: coping flexibility: the ability to find a good fit between the characteristics of coping strategies and the nature of stressful events. A recent meta-analysis (cheng, lau, chan, 2014) found a positive association between coping flexibility and psychological adjustment. Meta-analysis: weighing the results from different examples and different studies: people with the ability to use many different strategies and can switch between them depending on the stressor.
