From: Coping with migration-related stressors - a qualitative study of Nepali male labour migrants
Purpose | Coping families | Description |
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Coordinate action | Problem-solving | active attempts to achieve desired outcomes through: strategizing; planning; analysing; preventing; repairing |
Information-seeking | active attempts to gather relevant information (causes, meaning, consequences) of the stressor(s) through: seeking advice or help; observing or consulting others or relevant materials | |
Helplessness | give up control of a situation without attempts to improve situation through being passive; resigning | |
Escape | remove oneself from stressor through: denial; physically leaving; cognitively avoiding | |
Coordinate resources | Self-comforting | engage in active self-care through: relaxing; controlling one’s own emotions constructively; encouraging oneself |
Support-seeking | seek support from other individuals or religion through: reaching out to others; seeking comfort; imagining the response of others; praying | |
Delegation | heavy reliance on others’ support and focuses negatively on the stressor through: complaining; whining; maladaptive help-seeking | |
Social isolation | withdraw from others physically or emotionally to prevent others knowing about stressor or their effects, often due to sadness or shame | |
Coordinate options | Accommodation | adjust preference to available options through: positive cognitive restructuring; distraction |
Negotiation | active attempts to compromise, focussing on defending one’s goals through: bargaining; reducing demands; priority setting; deal-making | |
Submission | surrender to stressor through: rumination; negative thinking; catastrophizing; self-blame | |
Opposition | attack source of stressor combined with anger or hostility through: using aggression; blaming others; taking revenge; being defiant |