Question

Anne, who has recently been diagnosed with breast-cancer, has been able to cope with her diagnosis by focusing on the positive aspects of her illness. She claims that since her diagnosis, she has been able to understand what is truly important in life, and that she has gotten much closer with her family and friends. This is an example of the _________ coping strategy.

Answer 1

Answer:

Emotion-focused coping.

Explanation:

Emotion-focused coping may be defined as a type of stress management that helps to reduce the negative response. Two main types of emotional focused coping is positive coping and negative coping.

Anne has been able to cope with the breast-cancer situation and get much closer with his family. She has been able to manage the stress by emotion-focused coping.

Thus, the answer is emotion-focused coping.