Researchers studying religious-based coping note that it is ...

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Researchers studying religious-based coping note that it is important to distinguish this specific subset of religiosity from general religiosity. Why?
 
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Question 2

Another way to conceptualize the different specific coping strategies is to think of them as intersecting along two dimensions: problem-focused versus emotion-focused and approach versus avoidance coping. Discuss.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Religious-based coping refers to the use of religious methods to reduce stress whereas general religiosity does not necessarily have that aim. Psychologist and pioneer religiosity/spirituality researcher Kenneth Pargament and his colleagues (Pargament, Smith, Koenig, & Perez, 1998, p. 710) argue that religious-based coping adds a unique component to the study of coping and thus religious coping cannot be reduced' to nonreligious forms of coping.

Answer to Question 2

Approach coping involves using strategies to reduce or eliminate the stressor or its effects (e.g., distress). Avoidance coping in this context refers to disengaging from the stressor or its effects. For example, problem-focused approach coping involves planning whereas problem-focused avoidance coping involves behavioral disengagement. Emotion-focused approach coping involves cognitive restructuring whereas emotion-focused avoidance coping involves denial.