Maladaptive coping strategies prevent us from grieving the losses imposed by limitations. Maladaptive coping strategies include magical thinking, withdrawal from life, and either/or orientation.

Participants with OCD were found to possess more maladaptive coping skills than all others, including those suffering from depression. They also possessed fewer functional skills to help them cope ...

Researchers wanted to know how coping skills were helping patients, and they found that in OCD, it's a difficult struggle to get to the adaptive skills that offer relief. The study included 60 ...

Most patients with sleep problems adopt maladaptive coping strategies – such as taking sleep aids, using caffeine, and taking daytime naps – that may actually contribute to decreased sleep ...

Most patients with sleep problems adopt maladaptive coping strategies – such as taking sleep aids, using caffeine, and taking daytime naps – that may actually contribute to decreased sleep ...

It’s during the college years that many young people adopt maladaptive coping strategies that are detrimental to their long-term well-being. Binge drinking. Drug use as a way to numb feelings or ...

That said, it’s not always easy to discern the difference between an adaptive coping strategy and a maladaptive one. “Certain coping strategies may feel good in the moment but then create ...

Coping strategies can play a role in influencing the health-related quality of life and physical disability of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers concluded. The cross-sectional ...

Maladaptive coping strategies prevent us from grieving the losses imposed by limitations. Maladaptive coping strategies include magical thinking, withdrawal from life, and either/or orientation.