Charlene Misuses Cough Syrups Containing Codeine

question 17

Multiple Choice

Charlene misuses cough syrups containing codeine. What is meant by the term misuse?

• A) Charlene is addicted to codeine.
• B) Charlene's use of codeine causes harm to herself.
• C) Charlene obtains codeine containing cough syrup illegally.
• D) Charlene uses codeine for recreation purposes.

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Definitions:

Emotion-focused Coping

A stress management strategy that involves changing one's emotional response to a problem rather than the problem itself.

Attribution Retraining

A psychological intervention aiming to change the way individuals explain events, focusing on enhancing positive attributions about themselves.

Pessimistic Causal Attributions

The tendency to explain negative events as being caused by stable, internal, and global factors.

Pathway Thinking

A cognitive process focusing on identifying and planning realistic steps towards goal achievement.