When attempting to cope with stress and promote health, perceived control can:
A)Reduce helplessness and passiveness and help to improve self-efficacy
B)Serve to improve time management and set goals
C)Help attract social support, which will aid in health promotion and stress coping
D)Lead to avoidant coping

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When attempting to cope with stress and promote health, perceived control can reduce helplessness and passiveness and help to improve self-efficacy.
Individuals who feel they can make decisions and take action to obtain desirable outcomes are said to have a sense of perceived control. This sense of control is associated with a reduction in helplessness and passiveness, and it improves self-efficacy. All of these are associated with more positive health outcomes.

When Attempting to Cope with Stress and Promote Health, Perceived