DEFINITION OF DISASTER. âDisaster is a crisis situation that far exceeds the capabilitiesâ . - Quarentelly, 1985. âDisasterâ is defined as a crisis situation causing wide spread damage which far exceeds. our ability to recover . Thus, by definition, there cannot be a perfect ideal system that. prevents damage, because then it would not be a disaster.
Coping. In psychology, a term that refers to a person's patterns of response to stress. Some patterns of coping may lower a person's risk of developing Stockholm syndrome in a hostage situation.
Coping skills are those daily strategies and activities that we use as people to help deal with, work through, or process our emotions. We all have them. We have learned them from our families and the people who have influenced us most in our lives. They can be positive and heathy, but they can also be negative and unhealthy.