Martha owns an event management firm. During the holiday season, especially during Christmas, she finds herself overloaded with work, which often makes her feel irritable and anxious. To calm herself, she often takes time out to go swimming. In this example, the coping strategy that Martha uses can be classified as: A. primary appraisal. B. cognitive coping. C. emotion-focused coping. D. problem-focused coping.

C. emotion-focused coping

Explanation:

Based on the scenario it can be said that in this example the coping strategy that Martha uses can be classified as emotion-focused coping. In the context of psychology, this type of coping focuses on managing stress by reducing the different negative emotional responses that may arise during exposure to a certain stressor. Such as Martha is doing by clearing her mind with swimming.

The answer is option (C) emotion-focused coping

Explanation:

Emotion-focused coping is a type of stress management that is best suited for stressed individuals experiencing negative emotions such as depression, anxiety, fear, aggression and humiliation.

In this type of stress management, the stressed individual tries to reduce the negative emotions by adopting emotion-focused coping techniques such as getting distracted with other activities e. g swimming and singing.

Other emotion-focused coping techniques include meditating, journaling, praying and positive thinking.