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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


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How superintendents deal with the stresses of their work commanded cover attention with a feature story discussing the coping mechanisms of superintendents Ramon Cortines, Harry Pitt, Peter McWalters, Doyle Lehman and others.
For the few that will have anxiety returning to campus, Birky suggests they will have probably worked with therapists over the summer and will have coping mechanisms in place.
It must be part of a coping mechanism that kicks in when a calamity occurs.
 
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