A group of nursing students is giving a presentation to classmates on adaptive and maladaptive responses to stress
When talking about assessing coping strategies in patients, the nursing students discuss the use of drugs and alcohol to reduce stress. What is most important for the students to point out about these coping behaviors?
A) They are effective coping behaviors.
B) They do not really reduce stress in the body.
C) They are adaptive behaviors.
D) They increase the risk of illness.
Ans: D
Feedback: Coping processes that include the use of alcohol or drugs to reduce stress increase the risk of illness. The use of drugs and alcohol as a means to reduce stress are not effective coping behaviors, they give the perception of reduced stress, and they are maladaptive behaviors.
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