TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping
T2 - Pitfalls and promise
AU - Folkman, Susan
AU - Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Coping, defined as the thoughts and behaviors used to manage the internal and external demands of situations that are appraised as stressful, has been a focus of research in the social sciences for more than three decades. The dramatic proliferation of coping research has spawned healthy debate and criticism and offered insight into the question of why some individuals fare better than others do when encountering stress in their lives. We briefly review the history of contemporary coping research with adults. We discuss three primary challenges for coping researchers (measurement, nomenclature, and effectiveness), and highlight recent developments in coping theory and research that hold promise for the field, including previously unaddressed aspects of coping, new measurement approaches, and focus on positive affective outcomes.
AB - Coping, defined as the thoughts and behaviors used to manage the internal and external demands of situations that are appraised as stressful, has been a focus of research in the social sciences for more than three decades. The dramatic proliferation of coping research has spawned healthy debate and criticism and offered insight into the question of why some individuals fare better than others do when encountering stress in their lives. We briefly review the history of contemporary coping research with adults. We discuss three primary challenges for coping researchers (measurement, nomenclature, and effectiveness), and highlight recent developments in coping theory and research that hold promise for the field, including previously unaddressed aspects of coping, new measurement approaches, and focus on positive affective outcomes.
KW - Coping and meaning
KW - Coping critique
KW - Coping effectiveness
KW - Coping measurement
KW - Positive emotion
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141456
DO - 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141456
M3 - Article
C2 - 14744233
AN - SCOPUS:1842590344
SN - 0066-4308
VL - 55
SP - 745
EP - 774
JO - Annual Review of Psychology
JF - Annual Review of Psychology
ER -