Creative Coping in Troubled Times: How can we enhance our resilience and give our battered coping skills a boost?

Authors

Jasmin Tahmaseb-McConatha, West Chester University of PennsylvaniaFollow

Document Type

Blog Entry

Publication Date

8-22-2021

Abstract

• Creative activities are one way to cope with stressful circumstances.
• Creative coping is associated with cognitive flexibility and increased well-being.
• Any challenges and engaging activity that leads to a sense of flow can be considered a creative coping activity.

Publication Title

Psychology Today

Publisher

John Thomas - Sussex Publishers

Comments

An entry from Jasmin Tahmaseb-McConatha’s Live Long and Prosper blog on psychologytoday.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/live-long-and-prosper/202108/creative-coping-in-troubled-times

Recommended Citation

Tahmaseb-McConatha, J. (2021). Creative Coping in Troubled Times: How can we enhance our resilience and give our battered coping skills a boost?. Psychology Today Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/psych_facpub/58