Psychology / Unit 9 Psych 1058 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Emotion-Focused Coping
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The idea
Emotion-focused coping manages the emotional response to a stressor rather than the stressor itself.
In practice
A person facing an unchangeable diagnosis works on acceptance and on reducing physiological arousal.
Where people slip
Emotion-focused coping is not avoidance and not second-best. For uncontrollable stressors it is the better match.
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