The features of the coping strategies manifestation in personality affected by a traumatic situation
Abstract
The article is dedicated to the study of the coping strategies features of the person experiencing the consequences of traumatic events. It is shown that coping strategies of individual is an effective resource to overcome the trauma consequences. It is emphasized that the effectiveness of overcoming the difficult situation manifests itself through the coping strategies coherence with the factors of resilience and hardiness resources. It is noted that traumatic events lead to the activation of resilience resources which play the rehabilitation function in the individual’s psychological health preserving and restoring. It is empirically determined that confrontationality, willingness to risk combined with willingness to defend an active civic position are adequate in a revolutionary situation as a strategy for overcoming and neutralizing of external destructive factors. However, such a strategy may lead to an increased risk of emotional burnout. The escape-avoidance coping strategy is seen as a certain manifestation of emotional rigidity, which can hinder an adequate cognitive assessment of the situation and an integration of traumatic experiences into consciousness, as well as slow down the mechanisms of normal life-formation. It is emphasized that special attention should be required to the psychological interventions of the 35–45 y. o. age category. It is summarized that the search for social support is a universal coping resource for overcoming traumatic events, and that the average and high levels of hardiness competencies determine high efficiency of using problem-oriented coping strategies
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