Brett finds out that he won't have enough money to pay rent this month. He starts feelings stressed out and starts having an anxiety attack. He tells himself to breathe and takes a long shower to take his mind off of his anxiety level. This type of coping style is called:_____.
a. Problem-focused coping
b. Emotional relief
c. Emotion-focused coping
d. Temperament focused problem solving
e. None of the above

Brent is having emotion focused coping here. In this type of coping mechanism, what he is trying to do is to manage the emotions that are causing him the anxiety attack. He does this instead of trying to fix whatever situation is responsible for the anxiety.

This means that Brent is trying to manage his anxiety level (emotions) first instead of the issue that led to the anxiety attack. Which is the inability to pay his rent

aliasger2709 aliasger2709 · Answer 2 · 2022-03-31T08:01:32+02:00

The coping strategies are the behaviors and methods to cope with stress and anxiety. Brent is using the emotion-focused coping style.

What is Emotion-focused coping?

Emotion-focused coping is the coping style that reduces negative emotional factors like depression, stress, anxiety, frustration, etc by various methods.

This method includes the management of the behavior causing the emotional strain leading to the anxiety attack. This includes fixing the emotion rather fixing the problem.

In this situation, Brent is trying to cope with his emotional unbalance and anxiety but is not trying to fix the problem that is paying the rent.

Therefore, option c. this type of coping style is emotion-focused.

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