Sa 35, Try to atfst or deal with the situaton constainedy. 36, Stat worrying too much without doing much to solve the problem, 37, Take situation as a challenge'and work harde to deal wth 38, Think about unrea! things that make'me fee! pleasure and happy. 39. Try to release the émétioral stress by taking to’ someone. 40. Do not take the situation seriously with the attitude that "it i not everything” 41. Adopt some short-cut or Socially disapproved methods to get rid of the sition 42. Tr) to get emotional support from relations and friends in adjusting wit the situation. 43, Try to rationalize the stuaton, and logically thnk winy should it be upsetting and fasting? 44, Try to ignore or avoid the situation to the maximum possible extent 45. Try for long-term or lasting solutions to the problem even by taking more stain / pain voluntatly. 48, Do not believe that stuation has really taken place 47. Toke immediate action witout thinking much about the ultimate consequences. 48. Aecpt te fealy and warkon chaning / meshing te behaviour or polcies which had caused stress. 49, Deal with the situation with posive aflect keeping inmind is postive outcomes in mind, 5. Increase the frequen of smoking or/and consupton of quo. BRE Sometimes Oo a 00 OO Arostainre a Q o oo oo oo oo oo ee oo med oe) oo D8 oo COPING STRATEGIES a 2 ‘ AX. Satara Departent of paystlogy anaras Hinds Urs Vranas ‘Name. Age. Sex: M/F In ou day-to-day Be almost everyane of us confom éemanding situations, an we response o ra people actively deal wit the situaion, some o& ‘oftiers pathologically adap to the stsalions, Fo ‘of a vay of opi ‘tafegies which are usualy adopted by peoris to dea wih the stustone of sess in diferent spheres of thie domains by choosing ‘one ofthe following five atomatve responses. Give yur responses by puting (2) mark Inthe squares given aganst he st Published By RUPA PSYCHOLOGICAL CENTRE B, 19/60 B Deoriabir, Bhelupur, Varanasiost ofthe times “t Aemstavays 4. Accept the situation because there is nothing | can do to change orto get rid of it onDooaad 2 Devote more time and energy to meet the demands of the siuaion. COOO G 3, Discuss with others who could do something concrete about the solution of the problem. o0000 4. _Ask people who have had similar experiences "What did they “dor wae eo oo0000 5. Toke the stuaton as an opportunity tla, and do what is expected of me , \ oa 6. Change my priorities. and time-distribution, in order to effectively, pe ‘deal withthe situation, eee O 7. Come up with 2 couple of atemae solitons t6 the problem: CO OO D 8. Bargain o compromise to get something posiive from the siuaton.,..-.O O 2. Blame mys forthe present situation and fee guly and depressed. CO ODO O 410. Change to lsure tasks which necessary bing immediate rele, OOOO 1. Consider the situation as a part of my fale or desite of God, and try to cope with it patiently. ono000 12, Instead of misinterpreting or exaggerating the situation, appraise it objectively and take direct action to deal with it Oooo0n 13, Consider the stressful situations as inevitable part of life and deal i with them in usual manner. oooogo0 14, Console myself with the hope that things would be better next time ‘and accept the situation 50000 15. Devote more fime to prayer and religious: thoughts. oo0o00o0 16. Delegate some of my responsibilities ‘to others. * Ooo 17. Console myself with the thought that the situation is not that bad as it could have been, and deal with positive afect Goooo 18. Try 10 ge smmpaty and understand om oes witout ‘uch o deal with the station a 19. Finding no way out, try to get out of the situation gracefully. oo0o0n00 2D. Rex sqyeshely 0 hose wo ae egenstie b e SEN. OOO D 21. Keep the aroused feelings confined to mysel, and deal with the situation in depressed mood, 22. Leave it for others to decide or resove the problem. 23. Appraise and deal wit the stuaon wit reference to otters who ‘are facing with more severe stvafons 24, Leave the situation to God to take care of. 25. Try not to get the sitaton worse by taking hasty ation, but wat ooo000 bo0o000 oo0o000 Boooo for the right ime to do something meaning. ooooo 26. Try for immediate or sooner reliet through partial or temporary solution of the problem. poooo 27. Physically withdraw from the situation temporarily. opoooad 28. Postpone taking any decision or ation towards soliton ofthe problem.” z ooooo 29. Put aside other activities in order to concentrate on the solution of the problem. ooooc 30. Give extra attention towards planning and scheduling the action, and deal with the situation accordingly. ooooc 31. Deal with the situation patiently with a belief in the philosophy that “my right is to make efforts, not to the fruit there of 32 Leave the situation to take its own course wih this befef that "passage of time liselfts a remedy to many problems." 33, Request help from the persons who have the auhoiy J resources to do something to help. oooo 34, Seek company of fiends and family leaving the situation aside OO OO ooonot ooo0o!