Question

You have an employee who copes with stressful demands by working overtime and weekends. You are concerned this will eventually burn him out, and want him to cope in a way that better addresses the emotions he is feeling head on. Which of the following would be an emotion-focused coping strategy?

a. Ask a coworker to help lighten the load
b. Go for a run to clear his mind
c. Increase the hours he works, but decrease the number of days (e.g., Four 12-hour days)
d. Coming up with a strategy to fix the stressful demand

Answer 1

b. Go for a run to clear his mind.

Explanation:

Emotion focused coping strategy is one in which a person goes for self isolation to release his stress. The person focuses on emotional distance from people because he believes the stress can increase if other people stays around him. When an employee suffers from stressful demand at work the best for him is to go for a run or walk and release stress.