We know positive eustress and negative distress. But we take a great interest in
distress. This article reviewed the direct coping strategies with life distress from the
psychological point of view, For this purpose, the authors dealt with the interactional stress
coping model proposed by Won(1991) derived from cognitive phenomenological model(Lazarus,
1984) and self-control approach(Fisher, 1987). According to this new coping model,
psychological coping strategies discussed with the direct coping strategies such as two
approaches and stress coping attitudes, and individual resources such as personality types,
ways of thinking, self-esteem, and social support.
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