Question

Stacia has learned that she is likely to lose her job due to a company downsizing. She responds to the stress that this causes by spending extra time with her children and by leaning on her closest friends for support. Stacia’s stress-response style, which is often seen in women, is the:

Answer 1

Answer: Tend-and-befriend

Explanation: This way of responding to the stress experienced is called tend-and-befriend, and is characteristic except for some people, also in the animal world. Such a reaction to stress may occur in response to some threat, as in this case threatening job loss that Stacia heard she could gain. It manifests as caring for your children, or as looking for an adequate company of friends who can provide protection, support and comfort. It is not excluded that men also resort to this way of relieving this type of stress, although this method is far more characteristic of women, according to psychological research.