Coping is a technique in which people use when dealing with stressful events. It is referred to anything that one might feel‚ think‚ and/or do in order to reduce stress. Because people cope differently‚ there are several different coping methods that people undergo based on what stressful event they have experienced. One particular coping method‚ meaning-focused coping‚ is ways that people find to accomplish the meaning of a stressful situation. When something tragic happens in one’s life‚ let’s
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Blackshere Professor Adolph English 1000 13 February 2014 Struggles of a Single Mother Both “Forever Left Behind‚” by Raquel Blackshere and “Tears of a Teenage Mother‚” by Tupac Shakur address the persistent and polarizing issue of teenage pregnancy. Through her clear vocabulary and ability to simplify a complex chain of events‚ Blackshere successfully captures the trying misfortune of the conflicted teen mother‚ while Shakur struggles to convey the true emotion behind such a burdening issue.
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Coping with Stress Michael A. Walker 30 November 2014 Psy 216 Professor Taylor Since I separated from the military last year I have been under an increased amount of stress. Things from work‚ school‚ living situation‚ family‚ financials‚ etc. With this increase in stress I have increased‚ enhanced‚ and developed new coping mechanism. I use many different types of ways to cope with my stress‚ which all depends on what the stress is‚ is it new to me‚ did I foresee it‚ is it out of
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The psychosocial theory of stress and coping is of the utmost importance to patient care and recovery. It has been found that among other things‚ stress can affect the rate of wound healing‚ susceptibility to infectious diseases‚ and the development and progression of cancer (Walker et al‚ 2007). The nurse plays an integral role in the management and alleviation of patients’ stress‚ and can provide valuable mechanisms to aid in the process of coping with the stressor. Stress is a concept‚ not
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social and relational stressors‚ is an essential issue in teens‚ and research has found positive coping skills can help these students through the difficulties of high school stress (Kadhiravan & Kumar‚ 2012). As discussed earlier‚ cyberbullying may have psychological impacts such as stress‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ anger‚ school failure‚ and even suicidality. At these students young age‚ positive coping skills may not be part of their inventory of skills‚ hence‚ there is a need to understand how these
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ORIGINAL PAPER Sense of Coherence and Coping with Stress Among Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism Ewa Pisula • Zuzanna Kossakowska Published online: 2 April 2010 Ó Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2010 Abstract The purpose of the study was to compare the level of sense of coherence (SOC) in parents of children with autism and in parents of typically developing children‚ and to examine the association between SOC level and coping strategies. Two questionnaires were used: Sense
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Introduction Stress is the most common concerns which may affects student life. Medical dictionary(2007) defined Stress as in humans is a domino effect from interactions between persons and their environment that are alleged as exceeding their adaptive capacities and affecting their life. Many researches and literature have been discussed the stress among part time student. Also many studies have showed those part time students are affected by several problems or life events which may impact on their
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THE ASSOCIATION OF ADOLESCENT SMOKING WITH STRESS AND COPING IN PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOLS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY Oscar Reno O’Hara A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences‚ University of the Witwatersrand‚ Johannesburg‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Health (Health Policy and Management). Johannesburg‚ 2008. DECLARATION I declare that this research report is my own unaided work. It is being submitted for
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Coping Strategies- Problem-focused Versus Emotion-focused Coping strategies refer to the specific efforts‚ both behavioral and psychological‚ that people employ to master‚ tolerate‚ reduce or minimize stressful events. There are two general coping strategies which have been distinguished. Problem-focused strategies are efforts to do something active to alleviate stressful circumstances‚ where as emotion-focused coping strategies involve efforts to regulate the emotional consequences of stressful
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events can induce extreme levels of stress when mentioned. Thousands of people in the United States alone have PTSD‚ and many do not know any positive ways to cope with their condition. People having problems coping with their traumatic event will use certain defense mechanisms‚ from repression to substance abuse‚ tailspin into alcoholism‚ and/or avoid anything that person
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