Problem-Focused and Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies Dealing with the devastation that follows major disasters requires multiple coping strategies. Tens of thousands of people lost their homes in a “super-typhoon” that ravaged the Philippines. Along with coping with the emotional impact of losing homes, friends, and family members, people must also call upon problem-focused strategies to deal with the challenges of rebuilding shattered communities. Here, Norman Acala, an elementary school staff member, tries to salvage books from the destroyed school library.
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