coping
IPA: kˈoʊpɪŋ
noun
- (architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
- (psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
- (falconry) Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
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Examples of "coping" in Sentences
- Children with life-challenging medical problems need help in coping with their fears and anxieties.
- People in Florida are fearful of the economic future, and one way they are coping is by buying guns.
- She is available to provide emotional support and assist in coping with the stress of a chronic illness.
- Trauma social workers are available to assist families in coping with the psychological impact of trauma.
- The meeting focused on the struggles of community police agencies in coping with unlawful immigration and related crime.
- Since all of our patients enjoy a good quality of life and few exhibit negative coping behaviors, a developmental component to coping is suggested.
- Social workers at the Sickle Cell Center provide a wide range of services related to psychosocial needs in coping with chronic illness as well as navigation through hospital and insurance systems.
- In this episode, I politely and sophisticatedly assist my friend Sean in coping with Capcom's decision to offer a versus mode for Resident Evil 5 for five bucks, and support him in forming a constructive action plan.
- Dörnyei comments “the most effective way for teachers to demonstrate awareness of learning styles is to be sensitive to the students differential time requirements in coping with certain types of tasks … the idea that different students need varying amounts of time to achieve certain learning objectives is one of the most basic at the same time rather neglected principles of educational psychology” (p. 158).
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