NSE 21A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caffeine, Abdominal Pain, Stress Management
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Nse 21 - nursing theory ii: concepts, individual and family. There are two different perspective of the role of emotion in coping: Stress is subjective and relative: this is a subjective definition. *typically, we want to see primary and secondary control strategies. Scales: measures the degree of coping one is dealing with. Dichotomous grouping: lazarus identified 2 streams of coping; problem-based and emotion focused coping: emotion-focused, managing emotions from a stressful event= affective approach, using emotions to change the way your thinking, ex. Instead of feeling angry about the situation you try to change it into a learning opportunity (changing the perspective: valid and appropriate way to deal with stressful situations, when situations are unchangeable or uncontrollable, ex. *tend to use a combination of both types of coping, however we also tend to favour one over another when we are coping with stressors: to discuss theoretical approaches to coping.