Essays Tagged: "Coping (psychology)"

The Effect Sports Psychology has on a Young Athlete

f primary importance in behavior change but the4individual's perception of those events. 'Cognitive coping strategies may be amended byconventional behaviour modification but involvement of the indivi ... ure of stressors, andown reactions and consequences of action. The next stage is an introduction to copingskills for handling stress which include relaxation training and the use of cognitive skills t ...

(15 pages) 533 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The issue of occupational stress in 1990's-2000's.

ence and their personal life in general. Consequently, experts in this field have developed various coping mechanisms designed to counter occupational stress comprising of the two general categories o ... counter occupational stress comprising of the two general categories of preventative and combative coping strategies.A person's health and lifestyle is significantly affected by occupational stress. ...

(5 pages) 112 0 3.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Depressive Disorders - Suicide

.b. actual suicidal attempt (slashing of wrists). The nurse should work with the client on teaching coping skills, tension reduction skills, and problem solving skills. These learned behaviors will re ... e client will state that he has reasons to live and will be able to identify alternative methods of coping when feeling suicidal in the future.4. a. The nurse will encourage activities that rai ...

(2 pages) 38 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Self-reflection

ometimes I do not recognize fully what it is we are angry about.I have utilize different methods of coping, and different resources to manage stressors from the past, present and the anticipated futur ... anticipated future. However, this class as open my eyes to a better approach. This by using direct coping. I use positive self-talk, I verbalize my feelings, meditate, take time outs more. I now use ...

(4 pages) 155 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

STRATEGIES CHILDREN USE TO COPE WITH STRESS

ly avoid, completely avoid or approach stressful situations (Altshuler & Ruble, 1989).The first coping strategies that children use are innate and are 'primary' strategies (Marriage & Cummins, ... hought. Secondary processes may appear more often by older children. They use avoidance as a way of coping. Older children can partially avoid situations because they understand and are capable of mon ...

(6 pages) 58 0 3.5 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

A Psychological Analysis of Athletic Performance Slumps.

aller goals may be difficult for the athlete. Emotional counseling will help the athlete to develop coping skills to deal with all the emotional difficulties associated with being a slump (Crocker and ... sports, but teaches them something about life.References:Crocker P.R.E., & Graham, T.R. (1995) Coping by competitive athletes withperformance stress; Gender differences and relationships with aff ...

(5 pages) 34 0 5.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Different theoretical approaches to stress

lved with stress that should be acknowledged in order to grasp a better understanding of stress and coping.As previously mentioned, there have been many different theoretical ideas relating to stress ... ortant to understand how researchers believe stress can be coped with. Beutler and Moos state that 'Coping is a complex process. It is variously described as a situational and as a trait-like response ...

(8 pages) 212 1 3.8 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Parental Loss: The Effects on Teens

ort should be.A teenager may use evasion, repression, suppression, denial, anger, or melancholia as coping strategies. These coping strategies will be expressed through the specific personality of the ... ressed through the specific personality of the individual, however it is quite safe to say that the coping strategies are no secret and can be discerned and "dealt" with by a qualified psychologist. A ...

(15 pages) 128 1 4.6 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Spousal Abuse

(Aronson, 1995).When a person's self-concept is seen with predominantly negative traits, alternate coping strategies are then used. One method of coping is compartmentalization, which involves segmen ... ts of the self-concept as totally negative or positive (Showers and Kling, 1996). Another method of coping is externalization. This refers to an experience that people or events external to oneself co ...

(7 pages) 67 0 5.0 May/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Stress

sidence.Dr. Wesley E. Sime (1997), presenting the core concepts of Stress Management, suggested the coping mechanisms as follows Distinguish between defense mechanisms and coping mechanisms Usual Defe ...

(3 pages) 75 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Learned Helplessness

ught process that is behind the belief or expectation of the outcome and behavior is defined as the coping process by which outcomes are prevented or avoided. Once learned helplessness occurs, there a ... plessness is both preventable and reversible. If the environment is changed to a responsive one and coping strategies are taught, learned helplessness can be avoided. Changing pessimistic attributions ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Depressive Disorders

g therapy. On the other hand, behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy will help develop better coping skills and help solve relationship problems. Psychologists use cognitive therapy build a stro ...

(2 pages) 23 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Daily Stressors of the Human Body

worry about it a lot. Money is one thing that everyone knows can create a lot of stress. My way of coping with this stress is by relaxing, taking a deep breath and then going through bills to figurin ... na be home. It's stressful because I want to please everyone, but I want to go out with my friends. Coping with this one is different. Most of the time when they say be home by 2, I'm usually not even ...

(5 pages) 32 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Environmental Stressors

dual’s response to a situation will depend on two kinds of appraisal resulting in a search for coping responses that will reduce the threat. Primary appraisal (the perception of threat) represent ... t to improve the situation by weighing the costs and benefits of choices by cognitively selecting a coping strategy (Veitch & Arkkelin, 1995). Coping entails both action-oriented and cognitive eff ...

(7 pages) 36 1 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

current event missing malaysian flight MH370

w are several examples to help you get started. Situation (stressful incidences or daily hassles)Coping strategySchedule water rationing due to dried whetherProblem focused coping Save water ... use rain water while raining dayHaze problem and cause of difficult to breatheProblem focused coping See the doctor to get some advice and medication.Doing part time job at night and lack of ...

(3 pages) 4 0 0.0 May/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies