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3.36 COPING
Coping has been defined in psychological terms by Susan Folkman and
Richard Lazarus as "constantly changing cognitive and behavioral
efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are
appraised as taxing"[1] or "exceeding the resources of the person".
Coping is thus expending conscious effort to solve personal and
interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize or tolerate
stress or conflict. Psychological coping mechanisms are commonly
termed coping strategies or coping skills. Unconscious or non conscious
strategies (e.g., defense mechanisms) are generally excluded. The term
coping generally refers to adaptive or constructive coping strategies,
i.e., the strate v