Pecularities of coping strategies in people with different value orientation
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https://doi.org/10.29038/2227-1376-2023-41-khaKeywords:
coping strategies, individualistic values, spiritual values, family values, social valuesAbstract
Purpose is to present the results of a study of the peculiarities of choosing different coping strategies by people with different value orientations in the context of maintaining their own mental health and well-being.
Methods. The psychodiagnostic test methods of K. Thomas and M. Lazarus were used to identify coping strategies, and the test method of E. Pomytkin was used to diagnose values. Additionally, the Big Five personality test was used.
Results. The coping strategies most often used by people with different value orientations are revealed: with the dominance of spiritual values - to the strategies of distancing and avoidance, individualistic - to self-control and confrontation, social - to the search for social support, positive reassessment, family - to coping strategies of planning a solution to the problem and accepting responsibility.
It has been found that men, compared to women, more often choose the coping strategies of confrontation, avoidance, and compromise, the combination of which specifies the content of masculine gender roles in our culture. On the basis of cluster analysis, three types of coping strategies are distinguished: 1) "individualists" - holders of individualistic values who rely on themselves, are critical of others and practice the coping strategy of self-control; 2) "social optimists" - holders of social values who choose the strategy of social support; 3) "introverts" - holders of spiritual values who practice the coping strategies of distancing and avoidance, focus on themselves and do not focus on others. The carriers of family values are distributed in the first two clusters.
Conclusions. Representatives of different value orientations implement different coping strategies that correspond to their types of values: individualistic - confrontation and self-control, spiritual - avoidance and distancing, family - acceptance of responsibility and planning for problem solving, social - search for social support. Representatives of masculine gender roles are more likely to choose the coping strategies of confrontation, avoidance, and compromise. This suggests that different coping strategies can be effective for different people, and their choice depends on the value orientations of the individual.
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