Question

Wynstin landed a fabulous job as a financial consultant about six months ago. He is quite successful at his job and enjoys what he does, but gets extremely stressed out while at work. He knows it is not the work that is bothering him, but rather an offensive coworker. Wynstin's coworker always comes to his office making derogatory comments toward him. Wynstin does not want to mention this to his supervisor because the offensive coworker is the supervisor's son. Over time, Wynstin decides that he will just try to ignore the comments and not take them personally. Wynstin is engaging in _____ as a coping mechanism.
A) problem-focused coping.
B) emotion-focused coping.
C) proactive coping.
D) a primary appraisal.
E) a tertiary appraisal.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) emotion-focused coping.

Explanation:

Emotion-focused coping is one of the forms of stress management. In this process, the attempts are made which helps in the reduction of negative emotional responses. These responses appear as a result of the exposure of the origin of the stress. Positive and negative emotions are the two types of emotion-focused coping. Positive emotions include sharing the emotions by writing or telling, attending therapies, and distracting the mind and focusing on other activities. Negative emotions include feelings of fear, anxiety, and depression.