Vanna's mother is ill and Vanna is feeling overwhelmed and sad. To cope with this stress of her mother's illness, Vanna has been writing her feelings down in a journal. Vanna is using:
a) problem-focused coping.
b) emotion-focused coping.
c) distraction.
d) reappraisal.
ANS: B, Emotion-focused coping involves changing the way a person emotionally reacts to a stressor. Writing in the journal helps Vanna cope with her mother's illness.
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