Psychologists Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman described two broad ways we handle stress. Problem-focused coping goes after the stressor itself; emotion-focused coping manages the feelings it stirs up. Read each situation and sort the response — the picture shows what the coping targets.
What does the coping target?
Left: the person and their feelings · Right: the stressful situation. Your answer reveals which one the response aims at.
Sort each responsepress an answer to begin
Rule of thumb: problem-focused coping fits stressors you can change; emotion-focused coping fits those you can't. Neither is universally "better" — skilled coping draws on both.