Marcus recently lost his job after his company was bought out by a competitor. His wife Alexis knows that he is very stressed as a result, so today she has gone to great effort to create a relaxing environment in the house. Their infant son is sleeping at her parents' house, she has cooked Marcus's favorite dinner, and has rented his favorite movie so that they can watch it when they're done eating. Alexis is trying to use ________-focused coping to help her husband.

A. escape
B. problem
C. emotion
D. control


Answer: C

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