Problem-focused strategies |
Problem-solving |
Try to solve the problem |
Concentrating on the problem, aiming at changing the situation to find a solution |
Information-seeking/giving |
Talk about facts |
Searching for information and giving information |
Helplessness |
Give up |
Giving up, being passive or confused in front of the requests |
Escape |
Ignore reality |
Avoiding the problem, through behaviors or cognitions |
Relation-focused strategies |
Self-reliance |
Understand and express your emotions |
Counting on oneself, through emotional expression and regulation |
Support-seeking/giving |
Receive and give help |
Seeking/giving social, concrete, emotional, and/or instrumental support |
Delegation |
Put the responsibility on to others |
Assigning the responsibility of the solution to others, complaining or self-pitying |
Social isolation |
Isolate yourself from others |
Disengaging from or refusing social interactions |
Priority-focused strategies |
Accommodation |
Take some time to focus on other things |
Adapting smoothly to alternatives and focusing on positive aspects |
Negotiation |
Adapt |
Seeking new alternatives, such as finding compromises and allocating priorities |
Submission |
Continue to think negatively |
Giving up, ruminating, or having a rigid attitude |
Opposition |
Ignore the recommended safety plans |
Rejecting collaboration or doing the contrary as regards requests |