"This class drives me crazy, but I'm better off than my friends who aren't in college." This is an example of which coping strategy?

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The statement "but I'm better off than my friends who aren't in college" suggests that the speaker is using social-comparison as a coping strategy to rationalize their situation and feel better about it. They are comparing themselves to others who are not in college and finding solace in the fact that they are, in fact, better off.

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