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Life Enhancing stereomood – emotional internet radio - music for my mood and activities (89) What is the most useful, shortest, and most generally applicable piece of wisdom Behavioral Psychology Blog — Sparring Mind Coping (psychology) Psychological coping mechanisms are commonly termed coping strategies or coping skills. Unconscious or non conscious strategies (e.g. defense mechanisms) are generally excluded. The term coping generally refers to adaptive or constructive coping strategies, i.e. the strategies reduce stress levels. However, some coping strategies can be considered maladaptive, i.e. stress levels increase. Maladaptive coping can thus be described, in effect, as non-coping. Coping responses are partly controlled by personality (habitual traits), but also partly by the social context, particularly the nature of the stressful environment.[6] Hundreds of coping strategies have been identified.[6] Classification of these strategies into a broader architecture has not yet been agreed upon. People using problem-focused strategies try to deal with the cause of their problem. Typically, people use a mixture of all three types of coping strategies, and coping skills will usually change over time.