After teaching about coping, which information indicates a correct understanding? Coping is best defined as the process of:
a. adjusting to disease.
b. preventing psychological distress.
c. mediating anger.
d. managing stressful challenges.
ANS: D
Coping is the process of managing, not adjusting to, stressful challenges that tax the individual's resources. Coping is not preventing psychological distress, nor does it mediate anger.
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