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coping mechanism |
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coping mechanism, any effort directed to stress management, including task-oriented and ego defense mechanisms, the factors that enable an individual to regain emotional equilibrium after a stressful experience. It may be an unconscious process. coping mechanism Psychiatry Any conscious or unconscious mechanism of adjusting to environmental stress without altering personal goals or purposes How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| School counselors experience unique challenges as they struggle to provide students with coping skills geared to the outside world including acts of terrorism. We then realized that the real value in the articles to be presented in this bulletin related to the coping skills of those who were aware of strategies they could use to navigate through a system that did not always create or maintain a safe space for them. Professor Helen Christensen said the MoodGYM site offers information on developing strategies and coping skills to combat problems and will also help users to identify whether they are at risk of developing mental health problems (Canberra Times, 1/10/05, p. |
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