Coping
Psychophysiological Symptom: Argument with a Friend
Emotion- Focused Coping
Emotion- focused coping involves trying to reduce the negative emotional responses associated with stress such as fear, anxiety, embarrassment, or frustration.
Most people, to avoid the negative feelings, will hang out with other friends, ignore the problem, talk to someone else about the argument, or assume the worst so they aren't let down.
Most people, to avoid the negative feelings, will hang out with other friends, ignore the problem, talk to someone else about the argument, or assume the worst so they aren't let down.
Problem- Focused Coping
Problem- focused coping targets the causes of stress in healthy, practical ways which handles the problem/situation directly which reduces or removes the cause of the stressor.
Other times, to avoid negative feelings, people will evaluate the pros and cons of the situation, attempt to understand why their friend is upset with them, or taking direct control by just talking to the friend about the argument.
Other times, to avoid negative feelings, people will evaluate the pros and cons of the situation, attempt to understand why their friend is upset with them, or taking direct control by just talking to the friend about the argument.
Biopsychosocial Influences
Biopsychosocial influences are where biological, psychological, and social-cultural influences play a role in coping.
A biological influence would be whether the friends were a boy or girl. How they react to an argument could depend on genetic factors and personality. Psychological influences could be how their parents raised them to forgive and to be sympathetic/empathetic. A social-cultural influence could be how all of their other friends tell them to react to the situation, or if they saw a movie about friends fighting and react the same way the characters do.
A biological influence would be whether the friends were a boy or girl. How they react to an argument could depend on genetic factors and personality. Psychological influences could be how their parents raised them to forgive and to be sympathetic/empathetic. A social-cultural influence could be how all of their other friends tell them to react to the situation, or if they saw a movie about friends fighting and react the same way the characters do.