Classifying the Perception of Difficult Life Tasks: Machine Learning and/or Modeling of Logical Processes.

Background: Although quite a few classifications of coping strategies have been proposed, with different premises, much less is known about the methods of interpretation and how people using different types of coping perceive their life difficulties.

Objective: To develop a verifiable algorithm for classifying perceived difficulties. The proposed classification was developed deductively, using "approach-avoidance" as the basis for cognitive activity aimed at taking on (approaching) a difficult situation or escaping from it, avoiding a solution to the problem.