Analyses of the Effectiveness of Coping Strategies in Managing the Stress

question 52

Multiple Choice

Analyses of the effectiveness of coping strategies in managing the stress associated with chronic illness conclude that:

• A)the coping strategies used by chronically ill patients are significantly different from the strategies observed in healthy samples.
• B)avoidant coping is associated with reduced psychological distress and better psychological adjustment.
• C)confrontative coping is associated with better adjustment than the use of multiple coping strategies.
• D)active coping is more consistently associated with good adjustment.