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Question
CBSEENPE12036771

Briefly state about emotion-focused coping strategies?

Solution

Emotional focused coping strategies involve releasing and controlling emotions like distracting oneself, managing hostel feeling, meditating or using systematic relaxation procedure. These strategies are oriented towards managing the emotions that accompany the perception of stress.

Emotional focused coping strategies are used to handle feeling of distress, rather than actual problem situation. The main focus is on emotions like accept new task rather saying ‘no’ to a new task; imagine or dream about the better situation; plan yourself for the situation avoid everything that is related to stress; get social support to reduce stress.