After reading "Coping with Stress: An Ethnography of Firefighters” I believe Rubenstein completed an ethnography. Through his use of observation and the interviewing of an informant‚ the author gained insight into how some firefighters deal with stress. Rubenstein faced a few challenges: he couldn’t observe or experience the major causes of stress on firefighters. He couldn’t ride with the firefighters to a call or have firsthand observations of a fireman’s actions inside a burning building. He
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Coping: How People Deal with Stress? Whether caused by schoolwork‚ traffic‚ or the job‚ stress is an inevitable phenomenon that is seen daily in the human life. Stress is not always bad. In small doses‚ stress is a good thing. It can energize and motivate a person to deal with challenges. But prolonged or excessive stress is “a negative emotional state occurring in response to events that are perceived as taxing or exceeding a person’s resource or ability to cope (Hockenbury & Hockenbury‚ 2001)
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Prior to losing somebody‚ we intermittently go through the thought process of anticipating the loss. We recognise that losing someone is a line in the circle of life‚ that the possession of the person’s presence and cognisance is impermanent. In pre-empting the loss of a person‚ we try to be optimistic. We count our blessings and are thankful that the person is still with us right now. We try to “enjoy the moment”. Sensing the ethereal nature of human relationships‚ compounded with stories of
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disagreements within the family‚ family interactions with each other‚ the family’s capability of their psychosocial resources‚ and coping behaviors (Patterson‚ 2002). With the Family Stress and Coping Theory‚ it allows therapists and social workers to better understand the weaknesses in a family’s resiliency. If for some reason services are needed for the family‚ having a better understanding at where the weakness is very helpful for the social workers and therapists. Even more interesting‚ the Family Stress
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Nursing diagnosis: Ineffective coping Patient: 48 year old male admitted for alcohol dependence. Medical history includes anxiety‚ bipolar‚ PTSD‚ and hypertension. Pt had one suicide attempt in 2001. K+ at 3.2 upon admission. Pt claims his dependence on alcohol began when he was in the Air Force. He lives with an alcoholic partner who depends on him for housing. He was considering going to live with his mother after rehab. Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective coping related to inadequate social
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The Understanding of Plagiarism Plagiarizing is something that can cause a student to get more than just a zero on a paper or report. Lack of knowledge‚ rules‚ and laws dealing with plagiarism are not an acceptable excuse to teachers‚ professors‚ or college deans. Most colleges and universities have a very strict stance on students who plagiarize a report or paper. Using the works of someone else without giving the proper cite of that work can cause a student to be put on probation‚ receive
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that the coping strategies an individual uses might be relative to the stages‚ or phases‚ of a stressful situation. The researchers stated that a more solution focused coping strategy could be used in the beginning stage of a stressful situation followed by a more emotional coping strategy (Carver & Scheier‚ 1994). Carver and Scheier also identified the use of more negative coping strategies like denial‚ disengagement from the stressor‚ and the use of alcohol (Carver & Scheier‚ 1994). Coping strategies
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The Things They Carried –Coping 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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leading up to mortality‚ it is known that everyone impacted will grieve and cope differently‚ according to Leming and Dickinson (2016). This paper will examine the variation of grief or coping stages‚ comparing Robert Kavanaugh’s perspective to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s perspectives. Also discussed will be healthy coping strategies for loved ones being challenged by the loss‚
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Coping and Copers: What it is to Cope‚ Personalities‚ and Effective and Non-effective Coping Strategies Kerry Williams Psychology of Stress The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Coping and Copers: What it is to Cope‚ Personalities and Effective and Non-effective Coping Strategies This essay discusses coping‚ a complex process exercised by people to suppress‚ change‚ or eliminate stress or threat. This essay also discusses copers‚ that is‚ people who exhibit certain personality characteristics
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