"In my parenting life and also in my professional life, I think a lot about what researchers called coping efficacy, but what I informally call handleability," Kathryn Hecht, Ph.D., a family and child psychologist based in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, tells TODAY.com.
This concept refers to "our confidence in our ability to cope with whatever life throws at us — both the good and the bad," she explains. And while it sounds a lot like resilience, coping efficacy is more about believing that, no matter what happens, you'll be able to handle life's challenges and less about having the actual ability to do so.
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