Table 6c.

Ten most common coping skills adapted by writers

Item no.	Coping behavior	Frequency	Percentage
20	Try to look on the bright side of things.	36	90
30	Come up with a couple of different solutions to the problem.	36	90
1	You, go over the problem again and again in your mind, to try to understand it	34	85
45	Turn to work/studies to take your mind off things.	32	80
53	Analyze the problem and solve it bit by bit	32	80
47	Find a purpose or meaning in your suffering.	31	77.5
52	You know what has to be done so you double your efforts and try harder to make things work.	31	77.5
18	Accept the next best thing to what you wanted.	31	77.5
54	Make a plan of action and follow it.	31	77.5
56	Draw on your past experience of similar situations.	30	75