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Define the term "effective coping." Differentiate between effective and ineffective coping strategies.

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Effective coping is a positive behavior or action one takes in response to a psychological or physical event that occurs in one's life. If coping refers to "behavior that protects people from being psychologically harmed by problematic social experience" (Pearlin & Schooler, 1978), than effective coping can be viewed as one end of a continuum of coping, where ineffective coping is at the other end.

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