Knowra Avoidance coping Avoidance coping Avoidance coping is a strategy for managing perceived threats by escaping or avoiding situations, thoughts, or feelings associated with them. It can reduce distress briefly while leaving the underlying stressor unresolved.
Negative reinforcement : A behavior becomes more likely when it removes or prevents an unpleasant consequence. Relief after avoiding a threat can reward avoidance and make it more likely next time.
Anxiety disorder : A mental disorder marked by excessive fear or anxiety that causes significant distress or impairment. Persistent avoidance can narrow daily life and maintain anxiety symptoms.
Cognitive behavioral therapy : A structured psychotherapy that examines links among thoughts, emotions, and behavior. It can identify avoidance patterns and build alternative responses.
Coping : Cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage demands appraised as taxing or exceeding available resources. Avoidance coping is a particular way of responding to stress.
Experiential avoidance : Attempts to control or escape unwanted thoughts, emotions, memories, or bodily sensations. It describes the internal, emotion-focused form of avoidance coping.
Procrastination : Unnecessary delay of an intended task despite expecting the delay to cause problems. Putting off a stressful task offers immediate relief but can increase later pressure.
Acceptance and commitment therapy : A psychotherapy that cultivates acceptance, mindfulness, and action guided by personal values. It targets efforts to control inner experiences that restrict valued activity.
Stress (psychology) : A psychological and physiological response to demands appraised as taxing or threatening. Avoidance coping is triggered by perceived demands, not threats alone.
Escape conditioning : Learning in which a behavior ends an unpleasant stimulus that is already present. Leaving a threatening situation can be reinforced by the immediate end of distress.
Post-traumatic stress disorder : A disorder that can develop after trauma, involving symptoms such as intrusive memories and avoidance. Avoidance of trauma reminders is one of its defining symptom clusters.
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