Glossary C

Glossary C

Coping questions are questions ask about successful experiences that individuals have had in dealing with the problem. They highlight the person’s ability to cope with problems.

Coping statements refers to reassuring, self -enhancing statements that are used to stop self-critical thinking.

Coping strategies refer to conscious efforts to reduce anxiety in the face of a perceived threat. They are specific behavioral and psychological efforts that people use to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimize stressful events.

Coping strategy refers to a planned response to external events which is usually unwanted or unplanned.

Coping styles refer to the ways in which people react to stressful events; general predispositions to dealing with stress.

Likewise, Coping styles are tools a person tends to use repeatedly in dealing with stress, traumatic events, deaths, etc. The two (2) most basic coping styles are Approach coping and Avoidant coping.

Deutsch: Umgang mit Verlust / Español: Afrontar la pérdida / Português: Lidar com a perda / Français: Faire face à la perte / Italiano: Affrontare la perdita

Coping with loss involves the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral processes that individuals use to manage the stress and pain associated with losing someone or something important. In the context of psychology, this term refers to the strategies and mechanisms people employ to navigate through grief and adjust to life after a loss.

Coprolalia refers to the involuntary uttering of obscenities; the excessive and uncontrollable use of foul or obscene language, including words related to feces/bowel waste.

Coprophagia is the technical term for "eating feces". Some Coprophiliacs engage in Coprophagia, the eating of feces, which is a potentially hazardous activity due to the risks of infection with diseases such as hepatitis. Eating feces, even one's own feces have harmful consequencies, as the bowel bacteria are not necessarily safe to ingest.