Exam 6: Coping and Social Support

______ requires the inhibition of thoughts feelings, and behaviors.

If you were a therapist working with a woman who wants to learn how to cope with stress in her life due to care-giving challenges, what kind of approaches would you introduce to her as options for her treatment? Discuss two approaches that you learned about in the textbook.

Measures of social support all have in common the fact that they measure number of people in one's social network.

Each of the following is considered one of the "Big Five" factors in personality EXCEPT ______.

In general, recent immigrants ______ better-acculturated nonimmigrants.

Ferrin is sympathetic, trusting, and helpful and not surprisingly, he scores high on the Big Five personality trait of ______.

Although older adults' social networks may be smaller than those of their younger counterparts, the number of very close relationships is not significantly different.

Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Alameda County Study?

One way to solve the problem of retrospective recall bias in coping research is to ______.

Which of the following is FALSE?

Describe two methods of measuring social support (two ways a researcher would assess social support).Which method would you prefer if you were conducting research on this topic and why?

Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies are interdependent and work together, with one supplementing the other in the overall coping process.

In the context of social support during pregnancy, which of the following is TRUE?

In general, recent immigrants are healthier then better-acculturated nonimmigrants.

Problem-focused coping is associated with more positive outcomes when the source of stress is ______.

The now classic Alameda County Study showed the link between ______.

Recent research by Vassillier, Holahan and Holahan (2016) found that African Americans tend to use more emotion-focused strategies than European Americans.

CJ is utilizing a coping strategy that requires him to slow down his breathing and to clear his mind of stressful thoughts.CJ is probably utilizing the following coping strategy.

Active coping, planning, restraint coping, and acceptance are all forms of coping assessed ______.

A recent study by Arellano and Sosa (2018) found that Mexican immigrant women, compared to Mexican Americans born in the U.S., report fewer adverse health behaviors.