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Yelena V. Volkova
Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Irina O. Kuvayeva
The Urals Federal Uuniversity
Differentiated conceptualisation of stress as a factor in coping behaviour: a cross-cultural approach
Volkova Ye.V., Kuvayeva I.O. Differentiated conceptualisation of stress as a factor in coping behaviour: a cross-cultural approach. Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, 2020, vol. 26, № 3, pp. 98-105 (In Russ.). DOI https://doi.org/10.34216/2073-1426-2020-26-3-98-105
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/2073-1426-2020-26-3-98-105
УДК: 159.9:316.6
Publish date: 2020-07-11
Annotation: The article discusses the features of the coping behaviour in the aspect of conceptualisation of stressful situations. A classification of coping strategies based on the criterion of subjectivity is proposed. The research of the correlation between the differentiated conceptualisation of stress and coping strategies among students of socio-humanitarian departments of different cultures (n=712) was demonstrated. The differentiated conceptualisation of stress was measured in a directed associative experiment, coping strategies by "Adolescent Coping Scale" (Erica Frydenberg & Ramon Lewis, 1993 – the ACS adapted variant). The reliable influence of a culture factor on the stress representations` gradation was obtained. The results indicated that Russian students' perceptions of stress differ from those of other cultures (p<0.05). The influence of the individual differentiated representations of stress on coping strategies was proved. A significant influence of the differentiated perception of stress on subject`s coping strategies (problem solving, work/achievement, anxiety, self-blame) and non-subject`s strategies (belonging, religious support, professional help) was revealed.
Keywords: concept of stress, coping strategies, students, social-humanitarian specialisations, stress situations conceptualisation, culture
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Author's info: Yelena V. Volkova, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-3639, Chief Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Psychology of Abilities and Mental Resources Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia E-mail: volkovaev@ipran.ru
Co-author's info: Irina O. Kuvayeva, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5451-0725, Senior lecturer, department of psychology, the Urals Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia E-mail: irina.kuvaeva@urfu.ru