Harvey was robbed two weeks ago when walking home from his job. After talking to his therapist, he has come to terms with what happened, accepting that he was robbed and his experience of fear. Today, he has decided to walk home from work on a safer route instead of getting a ride from his co-workers and friends. He knows that while his experience was scary it has allowed him to be able to share with others about what are safe paths to take in his neighborhood. What kind of coping did Harvey display

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Julien Jarvis

21 June, 09:02

Harvey was robbed two weeks ago when walking home from his job. After talking to his therapist, he has come to terms with what happened, accepting that he was robbed and his experience of fear. Today, he has decided to walk home from work on a safer route instead of getting a ride from his co-workers and friends. He knows that while his experience was scary it has allowed him to be able to share with others about what are safe paths to take in his neighborhood. What kind of coping did Harvey display

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Answer:Rational Coping

Explanation:

Rational Coping is a method that requires the approach of acceptance, exposure and understanding of stressors. it involves the act of dealing with stress by facing the events that tend to threaten a person's well-being and making effort to overcoming. Unlike the repressive coping that avoids the situations or events that reminds of a stressors, This sometimes risky rational coping approaches the situation in order to overcome the negative impact caused by the bad situations.

Here, Harvey displays Rational coping because he acknowledges that he was robbed but approaches his experience by deciding to walk even though scary in order to overcome the negative impact of his robbery.