Question

Charlie hates taking exams. He spends the week before finals biting his nails, sleeping poorly, and worrying. He tries to distract himself by watching funny movies the night before the exam. This is an example of _________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Emotion-focused coping            

Explanation:

Charlie hates taking exams. He spends the week before finals biting his nails, sleeping poorly, and worrying. He tries to distract himself by watching funny movies the night before the exam. This is an example of emotion focused coping.

Emotion focused coping is a coping strategy which involves the regulation of emotional responses to stressors by attempting to reduce negative emotions/reactions to stress. This method helps individuals exposed to stress to build emotional resistance to such stress.

There are two types of emotional focused coping which includes; positive emotional-focused coping, e.g. reframing, journaling, positive thinking, cognitive distortion and meditation and negative emotional-focused coping which includes; denial, supression, and avoidance.

Charlie distracting himself by watching movies is mostly consistent with avoidance approach to emotion-focused coping.

Answer 2

Answer:

Emotion-focused coping

Explanation:

Emotion-focused coping is a method of stress management which involves employing strategies and methods that help in regulating or reducing one's negative reaction to stressors. Dealing with negative emotions caused by stressors is the focus of this type of stress management.

Taking exams is a stressor that causes negative emotions for Charlie, such as biting his nails, sleeping poorly, and worrying. Using the emotion-focused coping strategy as a type of stress management, Charlie's negative emotions are reduced as he distracts himself by watching funny movies the night before the exam.