Coping Strategies
What is active coping?
initiating action to overcome or manage a stressor
Mike was so upset baby beau did not like his new nose that he flipped a table. What kind of defense mechanism is Mike displaying?
Acting out
supression
Party Marte can not allow himself to believe summer break is not for another 7 weeks. Nick decides he wants to enhance the negative situation and provide overly positive attributes to others, What kind of defense mechanism is nick displaying?
idealization
A patient can't lose weight and says to you
"I have metal fillings in my teeth. My refrigerator magnets keep pulling me into the kitchen. That is why I can't lose weight"
this is an example of
rationailzation
What is passive coping?
Strategies that do not require active engagement of the individual
Kenzie is struggling to cope with her ankle injury so she decides to help others with their work, so much so she does not have time to take care of herself and stops attending PT regularly, what kind of defense mechanism is Kenzie displaying?
Altruism
Hana scores an A- on the exam but she wanted an A. Hana comes home and takes her anger of not getting an A out on Kenzie, What kind of defense mechanism is Hana displaying?
Displacement
Rather than expressing his emotions about the Knicks losing in the playoffs, Noel attempts to have 'intelletual' reasoning outside of his own knowledge base of why the knicks losts. What kind of defense mechanism is Noel using?
intellectualization
Kona has erased all memory of her time spent away from her mom to avoid the emotions associated with being alone
this is
repression
What is avoidant coping?
disengagement from the stressor
When at her PT appointment for her low back pain, it is hard to get Steph's attention because she is daydreaming she is on a surf board with Kona in Hawaii, What kind of defense mechanism is steph displaying?
Autistic Fantasy
Kona presents with a flat spaced out affect. Kona does not want to acknoledge that the Greenie is in fact stuck in her kong. What kind of defense mechanism is Kona displaying?
Dissociation
In order to separate his feelings from ideas, baby beau decides to only speak of his birthing event objectively to not relieve hurting his mom. What kind of defense mechanism is beau using?
isolation of affect
This defense mechanism is all or nothing. An individual views a person or situation solely from a positive or negative view
Splitting
Successful coping is these 3 things
flexible, realistic, adaptive
Leo grew up to become a big boy and moved out of Kristina's apartment. Kristina is acting like nothing has happened but will not even speak Leo's name, What kind of defense mechanism is Mama Tina displaying?
Denial
Raizy is laying in the nursing home old and wrinkled at 69 years of age. An aide comes in to offer help but raizy directs hostile feelings towards the caregivers, What kind of defense mechanism is raizy displaying?
help-rejecting
This defense mechanism causes people to feel or act superior to others to protect against their own insecurities, this defense mechanism is called
omnipotence
Forest Gump ran across the country in a socialy acceptable and admirable way to hide from his real emotions. What kind of defense mechanism is this?
Sublimation
What is benefit finding?
"the process of deriving growth from adversity"
Karissa comes home after another day with shoulder pain. Karissa is hurling insults at Matt for attempting cook dinner. Karissa is being overly critical of Matt's filet mignon and then begins to become overly critical of her wifey duties, What kind of defense mechanism is Karissa displaying?
Devaluation
Trouble in paradise, Joe Biden tells Jill Biden that Jill is annoyed with him when in reality Joe is annoyed with Jill this defense mechanism is called
projection
this is called:
undoing