Beatrice experiences high levels of stress when she has to drive on the highway.She notices that when another driver cuts in quickly in front of her,her heart rate increases and her muscles tense.In order to change this,Beatrice teaches herself some relaxation exercises and tells herself that the driver of the other car must be rushing to the hospital or some other emergency.Beatrice has responded with which coping strategy?

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Beatrice is using emotion-focused coping by teaching herself relaxation exercises and changing her thoughts to reduce her emotional response to the stressor (other drivers on the highway). She is not directly addressing the problem itself (other drivers on the highway), which would be problem-focused coping. Solution-focused coping involves finding a new way to solve the problem, which Beatrice is not doing. Denial-focused acceptance involves denying that there is a problem or accepting it without taking any active measures to cope with it, which Beatrice is not doing either.

Beatrice Experiences High Levels of Stress When She Has to Drive