Horney’s Coping Styles
To handle the basic anxiety that stems from unmet needs, Karen Horney proposed three distinct coping styles that individuals, particularly children, may adopt: moving toward people, moving against people, and moving away from people.
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A child grows up in a home where they often feel overlooked and unimportant. To handle these feelings of anxiety, they become intensely focused on gaining power and recognition. At school, they are known for being argumentative, needing to win every game, and often asserting their dominance over peers. Which of the following coping styles does this child's behavior best exemplify?