Figure 2
The diagram begins with the Person engaged in transactions with the Environment. It leads to the first step is Primary appraisal, where the person evaluates the situation as “Harm-loss”, “Threat”, or “Challenge”, each of which is shown inside yellow boxes. It leads to two other situation marked as “Irrelevant”, and “Benign-positive” shown inside blue boxes. Arrows lead from Primary appraisal to Secondary appraisal via “Harm-loss”, “Threat”, and “Challenge”. Four blue boxes labeled “Accountability”, “Problem-focused coping potential”, “Emotion-focused coping potential”, and “Future expectancy” leads to the secondary appraisal. Secondary appraisal is directly connected to the Coping box, which is shown in yellow. From the three outcomes: “Social support”, “Psychological resource”, and “Information support” the directional arrows leads to coping.Elements of stress-coping theory