question from 2016 exam:
Zahra is a first-time mother. When her baby boy was eight weeks old, Zahra’s mother, who lives overseas,
came to stay for six weeks to help care for her new grandson and to help Zahra adjust to her new role as
a parent. Zahra also started attending a group for new parents, run by a maternal and child health nurse
through her local council, where she meets once a week with a group of five other first-time parents.
Explain how one source of social support identified in the scenario could help alleviate Zahra’s stress
response associated with caring for a newborn.
I identified a source of social support - attending group for new parents and said that this would allow her to learn new info about caring for her baby and that it was an approach coping strategy. In the answer for a mark you had to say how this causes stress to reduce through changing appraisals of coping
I did not explicitly say that she would change her appraisal of coping but is saying that she used an approach coping strategy to deal with the stress sufficient for the marks?
thanks