coping strategy

English

Noun

coping strategy (plural coping strategies)

1. (psychology) A conscious, subconscious or unconscious thought process or behavior that a person habitually employs in order to cope with a particular type of situation.

   Synonym: coping mechanism

Usage notes

The term does not necessarily imply that a given coping strategy is healthy, successful or reasonable, and may be used to imply one way or the other depending on context; neither is it limited to strategies developed as a result of therapy or conscious effort.

Translations

thought process or behavior

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 應對策略 / 应对策略 (yìngduì cèlüè)

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• Dutch: copingstrategie (nl) f
• Finnish: selviytymiskeino, selviytymisstrategia
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• German: Copingstrategie f, Bewältigungsstrategie f
• Polish: strategia dania sobie rady f
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• Swedish: hanteringsstrategi c
• Turkish: başa çıkma stratejisi
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