Homework
Overview
You will participate in a discussion activity to identify various strategies for coping with illness. You may want to write your answers on a word processor before posting the answers on the forum. Let's get started.
Description
We have discussed a person's health managing can be shaped by their coping strategies. In this homework, we will watch a video of a person's illness experience and explore the different ways a healthcare provider can influence a person's coping strategies.
Watch Allison-a woman with fibromyalgia and then answer the following questions:
i. Identify 3 ways she used emotion-focused coping. Be sure to explain WHY it is an emotion-focused coping strategy.
ii. Identify 3 ways she used problem-focused coping. Be sure to explain WHY it is a problem-focused coping strategy.
iii. Between problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping, which one is better? Why?
iv. If you would like Allison to adopt more problem-focused coping, what would you do? Why?
v. Are there situations that you may want to encourage someone to adopt emotion-focused coping? Name two scenarios that you'd do so.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.