Which of the following are examples of problem focused coping behaviour?
A. Making efforts to improve themselves after setbacks.
B. Missing school when assignments not completed.
C. Feeling sorry for poor marks in the tests.
D. Discussing the problem with parents.
E. Blaming family members for poor performance.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, D only
Problem-focused strategies attack the problem itself, with behaviours designed to gain information, to alter the event, and to alter beliefs and commitments (‘I made a plan of action and followed it’). Emotion-focused strategies only try to limit the emotional disruption, with minimal effort to alter the event.
A. Making efforts to improve themselves after setbacks. Correct. The person works on the cause of the setback and tries to change the outcome next time; this attacks the problem itself.
B. Missing school when assignments not completed. Incorrect. This avoids the situation for a day; the assignments stay incomplete and the problem is untouched.
C. Feeling sorry for poor marks in the tests. Incorrect. Feeling sorry is an emotional reaction to the event; it does nothing to raise the marks.
D. Discussing the problem with parents. Correct. Talking it over helps the person gain information and see more ways of dealing with the problem, which is the first aim of problem-focused coping.
E. Blaming family members for poor performance. Incorrect. Blaming others shifts the responsibility away and does nothing to improve the performance.
Tip: NTA sets questions from the Activity boxes too (this question is built on Activity 3.4 of the stress chapter), so go through them along with the main text.
NCERT (2025-26): “Coping with Stress … According to them coping responses can be divided into two types of responses, problem-focused and emotion-focused. Problem-focused strategies attack the problem itself, with behaviours designed to gain information, to alter the event, and to alter belief and commitments. They increase the person’s awareness, level of knowledge, and range of behavioural and cognitive coping options. They can act to reduce the threat value of the event. For example ‘I made a plan of action and followed it’. Emotion-focused strategies call for psychological changes designed primarily to limit the degree of emotional disruption caused by an event, with minimal effort to alter the event itself. For example ‘I did some things to let it out of my system’. While both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping are necessary when facing stressful situations, research suggests that people generally tend to use the former more often than the latter.…”
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