ways, i.e. active coping is involved with optimistic appraisals of problem-focused coping potential whereas behavioral-disengagement is associated with pessimistic appraisals of problem-focused coping potential (Lowe and Bennett 393). Little is known about why people cope the way they do, so Lowe and Bennett looked at coping in relation to a recent work stressor in 107 female nurses (393-398). The study focused on emotion theory as a us