effect of copping strategies to deal with daily stress
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Effect of Copping Strategies to Deal With Daily Stress
1. Problem Focused2. Emotion Focused
Term used to describe the physical, emotional,
cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging.
We can prevent, control and cope up with stress.
Stress is inevitable Stress has a cause, the cause can be known. We should control the stress.
What Is Stress?
Environmental stressors
heat, cold, noise, traffic, pollution etc. Physiological stressors
illness, lack of sleep, poor nutrition etc. Socio-cultural stressors
financial problem, relationship problems, work
Cognitive factorsattitude, belief, our own thoughts
Source of stress
Generate unpleasant emotion Promoting negative thinking Narrowing attention Preoccupation It consumes mental energy Interpersonal problem Lack of motivation Reduce performance
Negative effects of stress
Prepare the body to meet challenges Stress is a source of energy Physiological arousal and alertness Increase performance
Positive effects of stress
Behavioral Emotional Cognitive Biochemical Physiological Emotional Reaction Due to Stress change in emotion due to stress like anger , fear, worry, isolation, negative thinking , unhappiness and suicide feelings
Stress Responses
Coping
“The process of managing external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person.” By Lazarus and Folk man (1984)
Basically… Coping is anything we do to deal with stress!
Coping
Coping is simply an effort to solve personal and interpersonal
problems, and seeking to master, minimize or tolerate stress or conflict.
INDIVIDUAL COPING STRATEGY The first step in managing a conflict is individual coping.
An individual needs to manage the conflicts or differences inside him to be able to come up to an agreement with the people around him. Individual coping include :
Exercise Relaxation Behavioral Self-Control Cognitive Therapy Networking
Coping strategies
Tries to change and/or solve problem: Coping
strategies help reduce conflicts in organizations and lets the employees work towards a common goal without organizational hiccups.
Confronts the real problem: Coping helps realize the real problems in the organizations. Problems such as low performance and low employee satisfaction levels.
Keeps identity and role separate: Coping ensures that an employees identity and their roles in the organization remain separate, a mixture of these could result in higher levels of conflicts in the organization.
Benefits of coping strategies
Problem-focused Coping
Emotion-focused Coping
Coping is divided into two basic types:
Problem-Focused strategies includes:
Defining the problem.Generating the alternative solutions.Weighing those solutions.Implementing the selected alternative.
Problem-Focused Coping Strategies
This strategy relies on using active ways to directly tackle the situation that caused the stress: you must concentrate on the problem. Here are some examples: Analyze the situation
Pay attention, avoid taking on more responsibility than you can manage.
Work harder Stay up all night to study for an exam
Apply what you have already learned to your daily life. You lose your job for the second time - you now know the steps to apply for a new job
Talk to a person that has a direct impact on the situation Talk directly to your boss to ask for an extension to the project that is due in one week.
Problem-Focused Coping Strategies
Problem focused
Learn new skills
Deal With Cause
Final Information
Learn new skills
Greater perceived
control over problem
Preferred by man
Problem-Focused Coping Strategies
- Means concentrating on alleviating the emotions
associated with the stressful situatione.- Especially when the situation is beyond one’s
control. Emotion-focused strategy Emotion-focused coping strategies are used to handle feelings of distress, rather than the actual problem situation. You focus on your emotions: Brood
e.g. you accept new tasks instead of saying “no”, but you keep complaining and saying it is unfair.
Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies
Imagine/Magic thinking
You dream about a better financial situation. Avoid/Deny
You avoid everything that is related to this situation or you take drugs and/or alcohol to escape from this situation.
Blame You blame yourself or others for the situation.
Social support You talk to your best friend about your concerns.
In a long-term perspective, are these strategies harmful? Imagine that you are having a bad day at work and that you do
not feel like seeing your boss. You can avoid him for many hours or even a day, but if you avoid him everyday this strategy will become unsuccessful and may even cause extra stress. This is why it is important to develop different strategies in order to adapt to different situations.
Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies
Release pent-up emotions Distracting one-self Manage hostile feeling Meditaring Relaxation techniques Proffered by women Reduction in perceived control
Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies
1. Develop Right Views2. Don’t Set Unrealistic Goals3. Stop comparing with others4. Learn To Accept Inevitable Things5. Make Decisions When You Need To6. Plan And Organize7. Exercise regularly8. Have Recreational Activities And Hobbies9. Lend A Helping Hand10. Think Good Thoughts11. Practice Relaxation Techniques
Coping strategies with stress
8 things you can do counteract the effects of Stress
1. increase dhikar (remembrance of Allah)2. increase prayers3. Perform ablutions4. Ask for forgiveness5. Recite the HOLY QURAN6. Make the hereafter one’s concern7. Think positively8. Do not waste time on thoughts of fear or stress
Religion
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The End
May You Be Free From All Stress When You Realize What Is
Best!