Coping--every man's war.
The concept of coping is firmly embedded in warlike connotations. This article explores three settings for coping behavior that illustrate long-term consequences of coping: the coping of survivors of Nazi concentration camps, the coping of an ancient city, and the coping shown by a modern nation state at war. Coping may have effects which are beneficial in the short run but ominous in the long run.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003209:Concentration Camps; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews; D011330:Prisons