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| We highlighted in this chapter how people cope with stress by using a variety of control, escape and symptom management strategies. Your ability to effectively cope with perceived stress is very important because ineffective coping can make a stressful situation even worse. The purpose of this exercise is to provide you with feedback on how well you cope with perceived stress. Go to the Internet home page for Body-Mind QueenDom (www.queendom.com) and click on the career category. Scroll down to Tests, tests, tests, … and select the ‘Coping Skills’ test, read the instructions, complete all items and click on the score button for automatic scoring. (Note: Our use of this questionnaire is for instructional purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement of any products that may or may not suit your needs. There is no obligation to buy anything.) You will receive an overall coping skills score as well as scores for seven coping sub¬dimension scores: reactivity to stress, ability to assess situations, self-reliance, resourcefulness, adaptability and flexibility, proactive attitudes and ability to relax. You can print a personal copy of the interpretation of your results for use when answering the following questions.
Questions 1 Possible scores for overall coping skills range from 0 (extremely poor coping skills) to 100 (extremely good coping skills). How did you score? Are you surprised by the results? 2 How did you score on the coping skills sub-dimensions of reactivity to stress, ability to assess situations, self-reliance, resourcefulness, adaptability and flexibility, proactive attitudes and ability to relax? Do you agree with the interpretation of your scores? 3 Based on the interpretation of your results, what can you do to improve your coping skills? How might you also reduce your level of perceived stress? |