Developing Coping Strategies is being open to the positive aspects of a situation even in difficult times. It benefits people and teens because positivity can help someone gain resilience and increase their level of happiness. Coping strategies help a person increase their level of happiness by relieving stress and increasing confidence to handle difficult situations. Developing Coping Strategies can be achieved through maintaining hope and staying positive. Mastering these skills further helps amplify personal optimism, which in turn creates a habit of having a positive outlook. Those with positive outlooks have much less stress.