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Understanding Clients' Perceptions of Stress
Author(s) -
Sowa Claudia J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1992.tb02195.x
Subject(s) - learned helplessness , coping (psychology) , psychology , stress management , rationalization (economics) , perception , personality , coping behavior , empirical research , applied psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , management , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , economics
The association of individual behavioral and personality characteristics with the stress response provides a natural role for stress management and the development of coping responses within the counseling process. The incorporation of stress management within the counseling process requires a theoretical framework for examining clients' perceptions of their coping capabilities as they experience difficulty with stressful life events. In this article the author presents a framework based on learned helplessness, called systematic rationalization. Empirical support and applications of the framework for working with clients experiencing difficulties coping with stressful life events are discussed.