Mitra Is 21 Years Old

question 228

Multiple Choice

Mitra is 21 years old.She has two jobs and is attending a local community college.Due to her hectic schedule, she is experiencing several stressors that are contributing to physical ailments.Mitra does not want to take medication for her stress, so the college therapist suggests that Mitra try to increase contact with her friends as a means of decreasing her stress.Turning to friends for assistance and comfort is referred to as

• A)social support.
• B)emotion-focused coping.
• C)hardiness.
• D)resiliency to stress.

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Definitions:

Negative Relationship

A type of correlation where an increase in one variable is associated with a decrease in another variable.

No Relationship

Outcome of research in which two variables are not related; changes in the first variable are not associated with changes in the second variable.

Negative Linear Relationship

A direct relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable leads to a decrease in another.

Positive Linear Relationship

A relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable is associated with an increase in the other variable, depicted as a straight line.