Question

When marcos is unhappy, he is mean to other children; he calls them names and behaves aggressively toward them. he often manipulates his peers into doing what he wants. according to karen horney, what coping strategy is marcos using?

Answer 1

The coping strategy that Marcos use is: Moving against people
Moving against people is a form of coping mechanism that is used to assert their dominance toward other people around. People who do this are most commonly really insecure about themselves and only do it as a desperate attempt to obtain some sort of control in their lives