Analyses of the effectiveness of coping strategies in managing the stress associated with chronic health disorders conclude that
A. avoidant coping is associated with reduced psychological distress and better psychological adjustment.
B. active coping is more consistently associated with good adjustment.
C. confrontative coping is associated with better adjustment than the use of multiple coping strategies.
D. the coping strategies used by chronically ill patients are significantly different from the strategies observed in healthy samples.
Answer: B
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