Coping with Stress

Definition

Coping with stress refers to the strategies and techniques that individuals use to manage, reduce, or tolerate the psychological and physiological effects of stress.

Related terms

Emotion-focused coping: Emotion-focused coping involves regulating one's emotional response to stressors rather than directly addressing the problem causing the stress.

Problem-focused coping: Problem-focused coping refers to actively taking steps to solve or manage the source of stress.

Resilience:

Resilience is an individual's ability to bounce back or recover quickly from stressful experiences.