Describe The Difference Between Direct And Defensive Coping

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Hi Bao Xiong, You understandably describing the difference between the two types of coping. I also like both of your examples for the direct coping and defensive coping. Withdrawal is always best for changing the uncomfortable situation, and I am glad to hear you love your new job. My example for the defensive coping is about denial too. Sometimes when something happens to a person that he or she did not expect to happen, he or she is denial to believe it. Abel

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