Developing Life Coping Skills Among Amputated Elderly War Veterans/Differently - Abled War Heroes: a Review of Literature

Abstract

The theoretical aspects related to life coping skills among disabled or differently able war heroes will be discussed in this paper. Literature review on the other hand will guide the researcher to develop a sustained conceptual framework and based on that, the researcher will be able to conduct a reliable study. Coping skills are defined as the ways in which people learn to deal with certain stressful situation or circumstances. Every person copes with different stress levels and over the time, they learn to deal with the certain stressful scenario. On the other hand, people who are passing through the stressful situation are not only suffering by themselves, but people who are around them also suffer due to emotional attachment. Therefore, developing coping skills is essential under a stressful situation. Coping skill is defined as any behavior or characteristic that is relevant to a person’s adaptation. It is further detailed that, coping skill includes religious belief system, solving problems, social skills, health and energy, and commitment towards social network. Coping skill is a technique/ method a particular person uses to manage a stressful situation. This particular skill will enable a person to face the problem, identify the problem, take necessary action and be flexible in terms of handling a stressful situation in a successful manner