Answer to Question #190869 in Psychology for joy

Question

think of a time when you were under stress and you used problem-focused coping and/or emotion-focused coping. Explain the situation and discuss how your coping strategies affected your health. Also, consider approach vs. avoidance coping in the context of stress related to illness. 

Answer 1

As an actor, perfoming for a large crowd can always trigger anxiety. To address the issue it is imperative to use a problem-focused strategy to improve and ensure on-point jperfomance. To solve the issue, proper rehersal and recitation of the play is important. Also, one can limit the intake of caffeine and sugar to ensure that they maintain normal heatbeats.

Note that approach coping is any strategy for managing a stressful event or situation in which a person actively focuses on the problematic event or situation. The approach strategy is the most suitable approach in dealing with stress related to illness. It focuses on eliminating the stressor thus improving the health of the individual.