HARDINESS AND COPING STRATEGIES DISTINCTIONS IN WOMEN WITH DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATIONS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF WOMEN HAVING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2224-0209-2022-1-1118
Abstract
Aim. To study the features of coping strategies and hardiness of women who have children with disabilities in comparison with women who have healthy children.
Methodology. The analysis of scientific publications and data on issues of coping strategies and hardiness of women who have children with disabilities has been carried out. The following diagnostic methods were used: the “life style analysis” test (adapted by Y. V. Shcherbatykh), R. Lazarus’s coping strategies test (adapted by T. L. Kryukova, E. V. Kuftyak), hardiness test (adapted by D. A. Leontiev, E. I. Rasskazova), and 2 versions of the author’s questionnaire.
Results. The results of the research confirmed the presence of special features of coping strategies and hardiness in women who have children with disabilities. Significant differences were also found in certain indicators responsible for stress resistance, coping strategies and hardiness.
Research implications. The research materials complement scientific data on the problem of difficult life situations. At the end of the article, proposals are formulated for the use of data in the work of psychological services, charitable foundations, and volunteer organizations.
About the Authors
E. Orlova
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Moscow Region State University; Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Orlova – Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Prof., Department of General Psychology, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Department of Personality Development Psychology, Moscow Region State University; Department of Fundamentals of Clinical Psychoanalysis, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis
119571, Moscow, pr. Vernadskogo 82
141014, Moscow region, Mytishchi, ul. Very Voloshinoi 24
121170, Moscow, Kutuzovskiy prospect 13 str.14
I. Gorskina
Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina N. Gorskina – Master’s Degree Student, Psychology faculty
121170, Moscow, Kutuzovskiy prospect 13 str.14
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