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Problem-focused coping
Strategies to fix the source of the stress.
Emotion-focused coping
Strategies to deal with emotional responses to stress.
Context-specific effectiveness
When there is a match between the coping strategy and the stressful situation.
Coping flexibility
The ability to modify your coping strategies according to different stressful situations.
Approach coping strategies
Behaviours that attempt to decrease the stress (healthy response, e.g. venting).
Avoidance coping strategies
Avoiding dealing with the stressor to prevent psychological harm (unhealthy response, e.g. denial).
Stress
A state of physiological or psychological tension.
Acute stress
High impact stress that lasts for a short period of time.
Chronic stress
Long-term stress.
Daily pressures
Little problems that occur in everyday life that make us upset or angry.
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