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Coping--every man's war.

J E Dimsdale
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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.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolCombat DisordersConcentration CampsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansJewsPrisonsCase ReportsJournal Article

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J E Dimsdale. 1978. Coping--every man's war.. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.402

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