Eric was recently fired from his job. His response to this stressful event was to take charge of the situation and research available jobs in his field. Then he applied to each of the open positions for which he was qualified, in order to reduce the impact of the situation. This active type of coping is known as

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Behavioral control involves taking action to tackle a situation that is causing stress or problems. In this case, Eric is actively trying to reduce the impact of being fired by researching and applying to available jobs in his field. Emotional control would involve trying to regulate one's emotions in response to the situation, cognitive control would involve changing one's thoughts or perceptions about the situation, and decisional control would involve making a decision about how to respond to the situation.

Eric Was Recently Fired from His Job