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ПРОЯВЛЕНИЯ СПОСОБОВ СОВЛАДАНИЯ СО СТРЕССОМ У ВЫПУСКНИКОВ ВУЗОВ
MANIFESTATION OF COPING STRATEGIES IN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES

Author(s): Irina Beanova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Personality Psychology, Psychology of Self, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova
Keywords: completion of university studies; coping strategies; job search; stress; stressful situations; graduate students

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the results of researching strategies of coping stressfulsituations among graduate students who are at the stage of completing their studies and further jobsearch. In the ascertaining experiment, took part students of graduate courses of the full-time learningform of education: 190 students, of which 100 girls (52.6%) and 90 boys (47.4%) of variousspecialties. The general average indicators of the coping level for the majority of respondents arehigh and medium. Most of the respondents prefer such constructive ways of coping with difficult lifesituations as positive reappraisal and self-control. When faced with difficult life situations, girls showefforts to seek informational, effective and emotional support; recognize their own role in the problemwith accompanying attempts to solve it and show problem-focused efforts to change the situation,which include an analytical approach to the problem. It is typical for young men to plan a solutionto a problem in stressful situations, purposefully analyzing the situation and possible behavioral options,as well asto develop a plan for their actions, taking into account objective conditions, past experienceand available resources. The average indicators clearly demonstrate the differences amongrespondents in pedagogical and socio-behavioral / legal specialties and their absence amongrespondents in pedagogical and economic specialties. To cope with difficult life situations,respondents choose ineffective coping strategies such as: escape-avoidance and distancing

  • Issue Year: 1/2020
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 181-189
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian