Coping Styles in Persons Recovering from Substance Abuse

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might, under certain conditions, be appropriate and quite successful. Coping constitutes constantly changing cognitive, behavioural and emotional efforts to manage particular external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the individual Range of coping styles were clustered into the three main categories of problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping and coping style based on social support Problem-focused coping is a coping process that is directed at altering the situation that is causing distress, directing attention toward the problem in an effort to prevent or control it The individual can engage in confrontational and/ or interpersonal activity (which can sometimes take an aggressive mode) Emotion-focused coping these strategies are directed at managing distress rather than changing the problem situation. This category includes nine types (?) of strategies. Distancing and escape–avoidance strategies Selective attention strategies Acquiescence as a strategy (going with the flow of events, accepting the situation Coping through social support Methodology The third category of strategies is based on support seeking and using social support resources. The individual would be inclined to seek out and interact with others as one strategy to moderate stress. Generally, the benefits of social support span practical, material help and emotional support
The methodology of the present study was qualitative The coping responses related to the following 1 schooling; 2 entering the labour market/finding an employment role and niche; 3 life event stressor (bereavement/loss); 4 environmental stressor (rejection, domestic abuse in the home, physical abuse). Measured was also: ‘sense of control’, goals of individuals and the subjects’ level of self-esteem The target group consisted of thirty-three subjects Results: stressors and coping Stressors and coping related to schooling Learning impediments and difficulties with reading and spelling posed major challenges to the completion of schooling. In the face of such difficulty, subjects generally reported engaging in behavioural responses such as bullying, disruptions in class and drug use. Subjects could not elaborate much on their coping responses with learning impediments or difficulties in accessing education, which indicated that, in the main, as children, they had little choice but to accept and somehow make the best of their conditions Stressors and coping relating to employment The majority of the subjects had non-continuous labour market relations The issue of accessing employment and joining the labour market was not presented in our data as one generally calling for, or having called for, coping in any marked way Life event stressors and coping strategies All of the respondents had experienced significant losses through death, divorce or separation
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