Problem Focused Coping

(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?

I needed to reduce my stress level if I wanted to get an A in the class. I used two coping strategies to overcome the stress I had. The strategies were emotion-focused coping and problem-focused coping. First, I decided to look

Effective coping is a key element that determines an individual’s ability to achieve resilience. Coping mechanisms are utilised by individuals to cope by improving the development and quality of resilience. Resilience is the ability to grow from experiencing hardship by embracing it and reframing it as a learning experience - to which the development of effective coping skills is imperative.

The final thing I found information for was the advantages and disadvantages of the specific emotion-focused coping strategies discussed. In doing this, I found a source about meditation on About Health titled “Benefits of Meditation for Stress Management,” which was very helpful in explaining how meditation reduces stress and it’s pros and cons. Unfortunately, I could not find any specific techniques of problem-focused coping strategies even with the further research conducted today, and thus, decided to use the general pros and cons mentioned in previous sources.

Encourage family members to talk about feelings with each other in order to recognize how the individual stressors affect the family as a whole. Encourage family support.

Working in the field of mental health, I have come to realize that mental and behavioral illness is common and almost everyone is affected in the United States. Caregivers offer service to people who are not capable of performing or going through their daily routines or activities because of their physical disabilities or an illness (Gouin, Estrela, Desmarais, & Barker, 2016). A coping system for dealing with mentally ill patients vary from one family to another for different of reasons.

If aggression is the result of trying to escape a demand, then follow through with the demand using the 3-step guided compliance (tell, show, do).

After completing the “Coping with Stress Scale,” and averaging out my scores, I received an active-cognitive coping score of 2.09, an active-behavioral coping score of 1.61, and an avoidance coping score of one. These scores accurately describe my coping style because it says I use the active-cognitive coping style more frequently, and I do. I do use active efforts to construct thoughts to help cope with the problems. I always think of solutions to my problems, keeping my problems to myself. I always think I can manage to figure out a way to understand a problem that I’m having. The active-behavioral coping style score was spot on. My score indicated that I rarely use this style, and that’s very true. I rarely talk to others about my problems. The avoidance coping style score of one was also accurate. I very rarely keep my problems of out my awareness; I know my

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.

Adequate coping

The coping-stress pattern assesses the family’s ability to handle and manage stress effectively. The main stressful issue for this family was the opposite work schedule, and father taking care of the four month old baby why mother is working midnight shift. Extended family members are not living close enough to help. The

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

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 or potentially stressful events. Typically, people use both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping in their stressful episodes, which suggests that both types of coping are useful for most stressful events (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980).

We also applied the correlation analysis (Pearson) to find correlations between the concept and the coping strategies. To reveal the specific structures of the coping strategies in groups the factor analysis was used (Principal Component Analysis with Varimax rotation).