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    The Things They CarriedCoping Mechanisms to Survive During the Vietnam war‚ soldiers were not exposed to the traditional coping mechanisms of our American society‚ as illustrated in Tim Obrien ’s The Things They Carried. These men were forced to discover and invent new ways to deal with the pressures of war‚ using only their resources while in the Vietnamese jungle. It was not possible for any soldier to carry many items or burdens with them‚ but if something was a necessity‚ a way was

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    MEDICAL COLLEGES OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES Alimannao Hills‚ Peñablanca Cagayan A Research Study On TOP 5 MOST COMMONLY USED COPING MECHANISMS OF FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSING As A Requirement for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing Submitted to: Mrs. Rose Marie Cangas (INSTRUCTOR) Submitted by: ARELLANO‚ Jessalyn Alexis A. ASUNCION‚ Regine C. BARICAUA‚ Trifonia Carmen D. EUGENIO‚ Jerrymie L. EVANGELISTA‚ Zyrine L. FERNANDEZ‚ Geohanna- Marie T. FERNANDEZ

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    Foreign studies and literature Studies about Family income or Socioeconomic status of the family reveals that there is an increased of number of the students who got pregnant during college days. According to (Wolfinger 2008)‚ the people from impoverished families often pregnant at an early age because they lack alternatives‚ such as opportunity for higher education. Socioeconomic status that does not provide any alternative to young girls directs them to early pregnancy. Similarly‚ (Ono 2008)

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    The Things They Carried in “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien In “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien the theme of “carrying” both physical and emotional objects by the main characters can be found in the novel. While these men carry the same standard physical army gear‚ they differentiate with personal tangible and intangible items. From Lieutenant Cross’s responsibility of his men‚ to Henry Dobbin’s girlfriend’s pantyhose for its magic‚ each man faced the war with these things attached

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    Coping Mechanisms It is most adaptive to use various ways of coping strategies (Weiten‚2014). maladaptive coping techniques only reduce symptoms while maintaining and strengthening the disorder. Maladaptive techniques are more useful during a short term coping process rather than a long term coping process. It decreases the symptoms temporarily while the stressor will continue to remain the same or even become more stressful. Adaptive coping strategies are the strategies that increase our everyday

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    In his The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D. Salinger uses the museum and to prove that growing up is more difficult without healthy coping mechanisms and communication skills. When Holden was in New York‚ he visited a museum and described it as. “...in that museum was that everything stayed right where it was...you could go there a hundred thousand times… only thing would be different would be you “ (128). Museums contain snapshots that show the past in many different ways. In relation to Holden‚ he likes

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    SHIFTING FROM DEFENSE MECHANISMS TO COPING SKILLS CAROL KURTZ WALSH “Dysfunctional defense mechanisms allow us to avoid reality‚ while functional coping skills help us deal with reality.” 1 Four year old Ashley was awakened by her mother‚ so Ashley could get up and dressed for pre-school. Upon hearing her mother’s voice‚ Ashley hid under the covers and said‚ “Ashley’s not home right now. Please leave a message after the beep. Be-e-e-e-p!” What a creative‚ humorous‚ defensive move on Ashley’s

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    The text‚ ‘The Things They Carried’‚ is an excellent example which reveals how individuals are changed for the worse through their first hand experience of war. Following the lives of the men both during and after the war in a series of short stories‚ the impact of the war is accurately portrayed‚ and provides a rare insight into the guilt stricken minds of soldiers. ‘The Things They Carried’ shows the impact of the war in its many forms: the suicide of an ex-soldier upon his return home; the lessening

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    Nicolina Mannino English 11 Period 2 May 29‚ 2014 The Things They Carried “War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” O’Brien would say the Vietnam War was a negative experience for those involved because soldiers struggled with the loss of others‚ coping with those losses and witnessed graphic death scenes at the ages of 18-23. The Things They Carried is a book written by Tim O’Brien that contains semi-autobiographical stories about

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    The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien Tim Obrien’s The Things They Carried is written about the horrors of war. In war soldiers go through many things such as death of a friend or even having to kill someone themselves. Everyone deals with these things in different way. Tim Obrien writes story’s about the people he has lost or killed to keep them alive himself. Thought the entire novel most chapters are about the people in the war and the things they carried. But in the final chapter

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