 In these cases, collectively coping as part of a community or family supersedes individual effort to manage the distress.In this vein, Lyons et al (1998) suggested the components of communal coping are salient and activated in such situations where at least one person treats the distressing event as ‘our problem’.Therefore, the components of the communal coping process require a communal coping orientation, communication about the stressor and cooperative action to address the stressor.