Imagine That Your Best Friend's Parents Are Getting a Divorce

Essay

Imagine that your best friend's parents are getting a divorce and your best friend is very upset. Use what you know about coping with stress to explain the difference between problem-focused and emotion-focused coping to your friend. Then, describe two ways that your friend could use emotion-focused coping and two ways that your friend could use problem-focused coping to deal with her parent's divorce. (Note: this is your best friend, so try to pick the ways of coping that would be the most bene