effect of copping strategies to deal with daily stress

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

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May You Be Free From All Stress When You Realize What Is

Best!