According to selye (1956, 1976), the phase of the general adaptation syndrome is responsible for the person making efforts to cope with the threat.

According to Selye (1956, 1976), the resistance  phase of the general adaptation syndrome is responsible for the person making efforts to cope with the threat.
There are three phases in the Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). The first one is the Alarm (organism becomes mobilized to meet the threat) . The second is Resistance, and the third is the Exhaustion (it occurs
if organism fails to overcome threat).