Sentence examples for as a coping device from inspiring English sources
In a 1982 study, the psychologist Graham Tyson found that people who consult astrologers did so in response to stressors, writing, "Under conditions of high stress, the individual is prepared to use astrology as a coping device, even though under low-stress conditions he does not believe in it".
A coping device had been born and reborn.
Art is also a coping device for those grappling with the effects of torture.
Clients, Hogan said, "use overspending as an acceptable coping device and they're not self-critical about that.
For some of its adherents, steampunk also offers a metaphoric coping device.
I view denial as a positive and productive coping device.
As coping devices go, mythmaking is a bit more sophisticated than vodka or pills, if less conscious.
In last week's issue of the magazine, D. T. Max wrote that Wallace, tiring of irony both as a literary device and as a coping mechanism for "dark and stupid" times, wanted to explore the concept of mindfulness.
