Abstract: Coping refers to the “things people do to avoid being harmed by life’s strains” (Pearlin & Schooler, 1978, p. 2). They try to overcome difficulties and minimize the impact of unpleasant events by using skills and habits that have been developed over a lifetime. Coping implies a goal or purpose, whether or not this is consciously recognized. It is behavior directed toward the solution or mitigation of a problem, and the term coping should not strictly speaking be used, as it sometimes is, to describe emotional responses that lack this purposive element. Let us consider some general points about the nature of coping before addressing the specific issue of coping with breast cancer.
Publication Year: 1985
Publication Date: 1985-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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