In this case, the client had disengagement coping style to cope up with the stressor, along with negative symptoms of schizophrenia made him totally isolate and disengaged to social activities. Teaching him engagement coping in the form of secondary control coping strategies helped him to confront stigma stressor. Engagement coping can be distinguished by whether it is aimed at gaining primary or secondary control over the stressful event. Primary-control coping involves changing the stressful situation (by controlling the situation or the self in the situation), whereas secondary control coping involves adapting to the stressful event. A great deal of the research on stigma has focused on secondary control coping (distraction, cognitive restructuring, and acceptance) strategies through which stigmatized people can psychologically adapt to the stigma-related stressors that confront them [68]. Distraction involves engaging in cognitions or behaviours that draw attention away from the stressor.