Coping Skills Analysis

(Finnegan et al., 1996) the 'specific linkage theory recommends that there are subjectively formative pathways from avoidant and conflicted connections which relate to unpredictable consequences in adolescents behaviour as a result. This supports the critical and unremitting sense for a need to associate with their care giving figure that allows a young person to distance themselves in order to keep these coping styles in place, as young people start to realise that inner-emotional state do not coincide with the outer expression they chose to give.

2.1. What is effective about these strategies for coping with stress, and why did they work?

Growing up with an alcoholic parent or parents can be a very difficult thing and mentally tiring. Day to day activities can be more of a challenge and feel like an impossible struggle due to constant worry, doubt or fear. They may grow up without proper care, love or encouragement to learn and succeed. A few of the things that can interfere with the child with an alcoholic parent includes school life, social interactions and at home. A child who is forced to grow up from birth around alcoholism has a higher chance of becoming an alcoholic themselves.

Children of alcoholics (COAs) frequently take on roles of parents and feel responsible for their parent’s problems. Young children often exhibit problem behaviors because of high levels of tension and stress at home. These behaviors may range from younger children having nightmares, bed wetting, and crying to older children, displaying signs of depression, obsessive behaviors with perfectionism, hoarding, or self-consciousness. COAs have no consistency in their home life, which results in learning from their parent’s behavior. This often leads to significant behavior problems because they are unable to control themselves at home or school. Typically, COAs develop pervasive problems that significantly affect their abilities to learn, communicate, and develop friendships. COAs are exposed to more crime and violence due to their alcoholic parent. COA’s have a higher rate of becoming alcoholics themselves and a lower rate of graduating college.

During my second year of College I had to move in my father that got released from the army because of an injury. I lived in New Jersey and he lived in Florida. I had to move to Florida and transfer to another college and watch over my father because he was suffering from PTSD. It was extremely stressful because I saw my father at his low point which affected me mentally. I had hard time concentrating in class and my grades were getting affected by it. I normally do quite well, so this was a sign of a big problem.

While alcoholism can be difficult for the individual, families are equally affected by the addict's behaviors. Learning how to live with an alcoholic can be emotionally and physically draining. The alcoholic may try to hide the extent of their alcohol abuse, and they can cause psychological damage on the loved ones around them.

I'm lucky in that my family doesn't have any history of alcohol related problems. All families have issues, mine's no different, but alcoholism isn't one of the skeletons in my closet. My parents do drink

Children experience chronic stress when they grow up with an alcoholic parent. This can lead to alterations in the structure and function of the brain, the way the body responds to and manages stress, and the expression of the persons genes, including what is passed down to later generations.Sometimes children of alcoholics feel responsible for the problems that their alcoholic parent have. They could also believe they created the problem. Adult children of alcoholics have a hard time recognizing their own needs and are often unable to have appropriate balance in their relationships with others. They are more likely to show patterns of an insecure attachment with friends, coworkers, romantic partners, family members, and even their own children

A person who has experienced trauma in their life often struggles with feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness. Most of us go through “crisis’s” in our lives and with deal with them through whatever coping skills we have acquired through our life experiences. However, when one deals with a traumatic event coping skills are not effective. In the lecture, trauma is defined as “an event outside normal human experience.” With such an event, there is nothing the person can do to prevent or stop the abnormal event from happening (i.e. car accident, being abused by as a child, rape, etc.). Though people may respond to trauma in different way, all are helpless to stop the event. The trauma shakes the person’s sense of safety, security, and

When I was younger my father was an alcoholic. He would work and spend most of his money on alcohol. He was a single father which made life at home extremely difficult for us kids. On days where he was close to running out of beer I would wait till he fell asleep, go into his room and take all of his money.

Coping strategies have been shown to have a significant impact on the mental and physical health of various populations (Lehavot, 2012). Two types have coping strategies are commonly discussed: problem focused and emotion focused. Problem-focused coping is action oriented and involves trying to change the stressful situation. Examples of problem focused coping strategies include seeking information, planning, and taking action. Problem focused coping strategies are adaptive and are associated with positive adjustment after stressful events. Emotion focused coping involves changing the emotional aspects of the situation and includes both active and avoidant strategies. Examples of emotional focused coping include focusing on positive aspects of the situation, seeking emotional support from others (active strategies), and mental or behavioral disengagement (an avoidant strategy). Active emotion-focused strategies are generally considered to be adaptive, and avoidant emotion-focused coping strategies maladaptive. However, findings have shown mixed results.

Identify five unhelpful coping strategies. Explain when you used these unhelpful strategies and what consequences you have experienced as a result.

While Problem-focused coping is ineffective when an individual cannot exert control over a circumstance or stressor, or cannot make an adjustment to the stressor (Carver, 2011). An example of ineffective problem-focused coping is utilizing problem-solving to manage the stress of the death of a family member. Although problem-solving may assist the individual in finding an effective coping strategy, problem solving is not the most effective coping strategy since the stressor (the death of a loved one) cannot be adjusted or modified.

Table no 10:- Distribution of samples according to coping strategies used by staff nurses working in critical care unit

Hardiness/resilience is a personality characteristic originally identified by Suzanne Kobasa (1979) and redefined in further studies by Kobasa, Maddi, and Kahn (1982), and many others, as cited in (Schafer, 2000; Morris & Maisto, 2005). It was established in these studies, that participants who displayed the