The relationship of personality determinants of children with coping strategies in difficult situations

Abstract

The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of the personal characteristics of children who find themselves in a difficult life situation. The subject of the study was the coping strategies for behavior in stressful situations. The authors used the method of diagnosis of coping mechanisms of E. Heim and Lazarus coping test. The testee’s dominant strategy was confrontation, which exacerbates social deviations and affects the formation of the personality of a child. Features of the formation of the personality of such children is an increased level of psychoticism and neuroticism. Emotional instability and imbalance of children makes it complicated to form constructive communication skills, and leads to social isolation. The latter, in turn, becomes the trigger for the formation of secondary social disorders. Dominant selfish and egocentric manifestations strengthen the increased level of conflict, not contributing to the formation of skills for constructive solutions to difficulties. Material support from the state do not solve, but exacerbate the situation, provoking the formation of a consumer position. The authors of the article believe that changing the situation requires comprehensive psychological and pedagogical support and follow up throughout childhood, not only for the child, but also his family.