coping skills

collocation in English

meaningsofcopingandskill

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coping
noun
uk
/ˈkəʊ.pɪŋ/us
/ˈkoʊ.pɪŋ/
architecturespecialized
a row of stones, bricks, or other material, often rounded or sloping, that forms the top part of ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofcopingandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Where problems were anticipated, the implementation of existing or potential coping skills was discussed, and assistance was given to participants in rehearsing and implementing these.
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Negative parental control techniques provide a "quick fix" in minimizing expressions of distress but ultimately inter fere with the development of self-initiated coping skills.
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At the end of the session, patients were given ' workbooks ' and audiotapes reviewing the coping skills and providing practice exercises.
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If the parents learn and model more effective coping skills, and if the offspring are also taught similar skills, the cycle of self-generated stress might be broken.
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Parents with high neuroticism scores were characterized by low psychosocial functioning, poor parenting, more dependent stressful life events, and the use of more emotion-focused and less task-oriented coping skills.
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There are forceful accompanying teachers' notes and other material which will enable young people to explore their own attitudes, values and feelings towards drugs, and to practise relevant coping skills.
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The students make an effort to counteract the impact of stressful situations with various coping skills.
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A nonrandomized study found participants in such groups reported their coping skills, medication compliance, and acceptance of their illness correlated with participation.
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In this way the medicalization of life leads to cultural harm as society members lose their autonomous coping skills.
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It can also result in poor coping skills, irritability, jumpiness, insecurity, exhaustion, and difficulty concentrating.
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In positive psychology, anxiety is described as the mental state that results from a difficult challenge for which the subject has insufficient coping skills.
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Chronic negative feelings and maladaptive coping skills may explain some of the association between psychosocial stressors and symptomology.
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Meanwhile, many maladaptive coping skills that characterize mental illness entail a difficulty delaying gratification.
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The less capable the coping skills, the stronger the strain when a crisis takes place.
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Social skills training has been found to be an effective method for reducing exaggerated anger by offering alternative coping skills to the angry individual.
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Psychosocial treatments directed at reducing stress and increasing coping skills may reduce fatigue.
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This behavior can result in maladaptive coping skills, which may lead to personal problems that induce extreme anxiety, distress or depression.
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The therapeutic day milieu is the place where, through staff observation, psychiatric evaluation, individual, family, group and art therapy, the individual is challenged to develop new coping skills.
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Members demonstrate improved coping skills, greater acceptance of their illness, improved medication adherence, decreased levels of worry, higher satisfaction with their health, improved daily functioning and improved illness management.
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