Flexible coping with stress in daily life: what works in which context?
Type of research: quantitative empirical
Description: Delayed recovery from daily-life stress is a risk factor for the development of psychopathology. Flexible, context-dependent coping with daily stressors is considered adaptive, but it is unclear in which context, which coping style works. In this assignment, you will collect experience sampling data of momentary coping strategies over different contexts (e.g., locations, social situations, activities, mood, time of day, etc.), and investigate in which context, which coping style is effective in stress recovery.