During Particularly Busy and Stressful Shifts, Kyle and Some of His

Multiple Choice

During particularly busy and stressful shifts, Kyle and some of his co-workers in the morgue often find themselves making jokes and facetious remarks among themselves. Making jokes about a stressful situation is a form of:

A) escape-avoidance coping.
B) emotion-focused coping called denial.
C) problem-focused coping called confrontive coping.
D) emotion-focused coping called distancing.