Deck 5: C: Coping With Stress

Question 1

Differentiate problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping.Under what circumstances might each type of coping be adaptive?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Discuss the impact of low socioeconomic status on stress management,health,and illness.

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

Imagine that you have been given the tasks of designing a stress-management program to help students cope with the demands of college.What would your program consist of? Why?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

Explain stress inoculation training,and outline the steps involved in its implementation.Give an example of how stress inoculation training might help an ex-smoker avoid relapsing during stressful moments.

Question 5

Describe the characteristics of the hardy personality.What is the evidence linking this type of personality to health?

Question 6

Define two types of explanatory style,and discuss the relationship of each style to coping,health,and illness.

Question 7

Explain the importance of self-regulation and personal control in coping with stressful events.

Question 8

Discuss individual differences in the way people cope with stress.How is coping best defined?