Caleb feels very discouraged upon learning that he had been cut from the varsity football team and now will play with the junior varsity. which of the following would be the most positive emotion-focused coping response? a. he has several beers with his friends who do not play football. b. he takes a brisk run until he is completely exhausted. c. he contemplates life by himself, at home, with a bottle of wine. d. he and a friend go to see a comedy at the movie theater.

d.  He and a friend go to see a comedy at the movie theater.      

Explanation:

           Emotion focused coping, in psychology, is a kind of stress management strategies which attempts to lower negative emotional responses that are caused due to the exposure to stressors.

          There are various methods of copying by which an individual can reduce or removed the negative emotion such as depression, gear, aggression, etc.

          Emotion focused coping is both positive copying response as well as negative copying response. Positive emotion-focused coping response  include talking about the emotions through a therapy or journaling, meditation, or distraction with other activities like going to a theater. Whereas  negative  emotion-focused coping response includes activities like avoiding the emotion or suppressing them, or the use of drug or alcohol to avoid emotions or dull them.

In the given context, Caleb is stressed and therefore the most positive emotion-focused coping response to reduce the stress would be going to the theater to see a comedy movie. This will help him to release the stress and forget his emotions.

Thus the answer is ---

d.  He and a friend go to see a comedy at the movie theater.

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