PSY 348 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Avoidance Coping, Cognitive Restructuring, Emotional Reasoning
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Coping: managing the internal and external demands of stressful situations using thoughts and behaviors. Dependent on resources (more resources = less stressful) The coping process: stressful event, its stage, and anticipated future course, appraisal and interpretation of the stressor, coping responses and strategies, coping outcomes. External resources or impediments: tangible resources (e. g. , money, social support, major life events and daily hassles. Internal resources or impediments: usual coping style(s, other personality factors that influence selection of coping responses and strategies. E. g. , it brought me closer to my family : accommodation: process of changing the larger organizing schema/situation to fit the smaller one. E. g. , the world is more dangerous than i thought . Coping is most effective when there is a good fit between the coping strategy and the amount of control you have/can exert over the stressor. Approaching the stressor/situation: planning, turning to religion, seeking social support for instrumental reasons, seeking social support for emotional reasons.
