The phrase "an inability to cope" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's struggles or challenges in managing stress, emotions, or difficult situations.
Example: "After the sudden loss of her job, she experienced an inability to cope with the overwhelming feelings of anxiety and uncertainty."
Alternatives: "a lack of coping skills" or "difficulty in managing".
But perhaps the most fundamental problem was despair with life, due to an inability to cope with civvy street, where they often felt abandoned and misunderstood.
Hugely set against this comes the understandable set of fears of any mother: of an inability to cope, of a child's being bullied, even of their own prejudices.
And there's a litter of technical problems (like an inability to cope with Mac user figures) that need sorting along the way.
I have borne witness, firsthand, that their behavior often derives from an inability to cope with the stresses placed on them, mostly from the educational system.
Croatia were left short-staffed by a red card for Robert Kovac in the 51st minute, when England were only one ahead, but his offence was born of an inability to cope with these piratical visitors.
For many it is not primarily about the school curriculum, or about a lack of vocational learning opportunities, but an inability to cope with the necessary authority structures that must underpin the structure of schooling".
How could a player who burned himself out on drugs, alcohol and an apparent inability to cope with life beyond the final whistle be the guide and mentor to players who appeared lost and disillusioned by their own national federation?
In the early to mid-1990s, thealthlth organization's leadership was widely criticized for a seeming inability to cope with a pandemic of the dimensions and social complexities of AIDS.
The two shared, along with a troubling inability to cope with ordinary life, an incongruous gift for capturing its poetry on canvas.
Psychologists say the typical battered woman is "depressed and anxious, with low self-esteem, a poorly integrated self-image, and a general inability to cope with life's demands".
Or are they the result of a European inability to cope fairly with immigrant minorities?
