Question

Positive reinterpretation and growth: 8

• Mental disengagement: 7

• Focus on and venting of emotions: 14

• Use of instrumental social support: 9

• Active coping: 11

• Denial: 6

• Religious coping: 8

• Humor: 4

• Behavioral disengagement: 4

• Restraint: 10

• Use of emotional social support: 10

• Substance use: 4

• Acceptance: 8

• Suppression of competing activities: 10

• Planning: 9

1. Of the coping and stress reduction techniques: exercise, meditation and relaxation, or biofeedback (pick only one) do you make use of most often to help deal with the stress in your life? Does it agree with your highest score on the COPE Inventory?

2. Discuss why you use that above technique to manage or reduce the stress in your life. Include a specific personal real life example to support your answer.

Answer 1

stress is referred to as the adjustive demands that are placed on an indivdual and his internal biological and psychological responses to demands. coping strategies are efforts to reduce stress. sometimes inner factors like a persons frae of reference, motives, competencies, stress tolerance etc play a dominant role in determining his oor her coping strategies. lso environmental conditions like extreme social pressure are important. stress reaction is caused due to interplay of both inner strategies and outer conditions.2 challenges are focussed while coping with stress i.e. meeting with the requirement of the stressor by actively participating or by putting continous efforts and protecting himself or herself from psychological or physical damage and diisorganisation by focussing on venting of emotions. I mainly use exercise as coping technique. regular exercise can help us cope with hassles of daily life and has physical and psychological benefitys. it reduces feelings of depression , enhances speed, and accuracy of workk and improves self concepts. it reduces risk for heart disease and cancer. the ideal exercise programme involves-

• 3 hours of exercise a week spread over 5 sessions
• each session should begin with a warm up where muscle in major muscle groups are stretched and some strength and endurance exercises are done.
• the middle phase should include aerobic exercises i.e. energetic physical activity that requires high levels of oxygen.
• cool down phase involves less vigorous exercise like walking. we are likely to follow through on exercise plans if we formulate clear goals set convenient times, and locations for exercising.

it is agrees with one of teh highest score of active coping i.e. 11 score on the COPE inventory.

an example of using exercise is most of the times during exams I am usually stressed and I manage the stress by exercising more efficiently in the gym and after that my muscles feel relaxed and I can study without getting stressed.