James is an assembly line worker. Whenever he has a particularly hectic and stressful shift, he and some of the other workers find themselves making fun of the foremen. James is using an emotion-focused coping strategy called:

Answer: Distancing

Explanation:

In terms of emotion-focused coping method, distancing is defined as the mechanism in which a person tries to cope with the stress and negative feelings through trying to forget the complete thing so that disassociation can take place between the person and stressful situation.

According to the question, James is using distancing method for coping with stressful working shift. He, along with other workers makes fun of his superiors so that they can forget the stress and cope with the tense situation.