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1) What are the two major coping responses?

2) What are the similarities and differences between these responses?

3) What are the consequences of a failure to cope successfully?

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A few coping responses are briefly explicated.

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I classify the two types of coping as adaptive or maladaptive. As you compare and contrast the two, you might note how adaptive coping strategies is more direct. It involves "confronting problems directly, ...

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