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Positive Influences on Health: Coping and Control

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To survive, all organisms must maintain flexibility in adapting to changing circumstances, and coping refers to efforts to manage unusual demands that tax, and perhaps exceed, a person’s perceived resources. The chapter opens with a taxonomy of personal coping responses and traces their effects in modifying psychological and physiological reactions to stressful situations. Adaptive and maladaptive coping responses are compared, and a conceptual model of the process of selecting and applying a coping strategy is described. Two extended examples of coping strategies are presented, covering the role of humor in managing stressful situations, and the role of religious observance as a coping mechanism. Empirical evidence for the effects of these in protecting health is summarized. The chapter then reviews theories of the operation of coping mechanisms, covering psychosocial resources, mastery, and the sense of coherence. Community coping strategies are described, and connections drawn with socioeconomic status.

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Notes

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    Named after Guillaume Duchenne, 1806–1875, a French physician who also lent his name to Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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    The Bible omits mention of how the Egyptians felt about this perspective.

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