Erickson and colleagues introduced the Adaptive Potential Assessment Model that described three states of coping potential as:
a. stress, adaptation, maladaptation
b. impoverishment, nourishment, starvation
c. imbalance, homeostasis, balance
d. arousal, equilibrium, and impoverishment
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The Adaptive Potential Assessment Model described three stages of coping potential. These states are arousal, equilibrium, and impoverishment. In arousal the person has coping resources, whereas in impoverishent the resources are depleted.
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