Increases in trauma exposure marginally predicted higher use of approach coping the following year, suggesting individuals adopt new adaptive strategies after trauma.

Evidence

Reciprocal Processes in Trauma and Coping: Bidirectional Effects Over a Four-Year Period (PMC/NIH)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Survivors of abuse often develop survival tactics to cope. — Dave Pelzer, A Child Called ‘It’, 95; Trauma forces children to develop coping mechanisms that function as survival strategies, which can later become maladaptive in adulthood. — Childhood Trauma Adaptations: Superpower and Kryptonite; Victims of childhood abuse learn coping strategies early in life as a means of survival, though these traits can become maladaptive in adult relationships. — Therapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual, Emotional and Physical Abuse (+1 more)

Related

• Victims of childhood abuse learn coping strategies early in life as a means of survival, though these traits can become maladaptive in adult relationships. (similarity 0.85)
• Trauma forces children to develop coping mechanisms that function as survival strategies, which can later become maladaptive in adulthood. (similarity 0.85)
• Survivors of abuse often develop survival tactics to cope. (similarity 0.81)
• Women with an abuse history reported poorer adult adjustment, with different coping strategies predictive of adjustment for abused vs. nonabused women. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Perspective shifts can transform fear into relief. #expands (0.55) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 221