PERM UNIVERSITY HERALD. SERIES “PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. SOCIOLOGY”

VESTNIK PERMSKOGO UNIVERSITETA. SERIYA FILOSOFIA PSIKHOLOGIYA SOTSIOLOGIYA

Russian version of the article

DOI: 10.17072/2078-7898/2016-3-115-121

COPING BEHAVIOR IN INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF ATTITUDE TO THE DISEASE

Shilyaev Vladislav Alexandrovich
Head of the Social and Psychological Rehabilitation’s Department,

Medical Psychologist of the Highest Category

Disabled Rehabilitation Center «Na Kazanskoy»,
3, Kazanskaya str., Kirov, Russia;
e-mail: vasch2253@yandex.ru

The article conducts theoretical analysis of the problem of coping with stress by people who are in difficult life situation due to limited opportunities of health. The article presents the results of empirical studies of coping behavior in people with disabilities based on the type of attitude to the disease. The differences in coping-behavior of persons with disabilities with adaptive and non-adaptive types of attitude to the disease are the following: persons with disabilities with adaptive types of attitude to disease are more prone to constructive coping strategy «positive revaluation of difficulties», while persons with disabilities with the non-adaptive type of relationship to disease are more likely to use disruptive forms of stress-response — prefer to avoid problem solving, persistence and aggressiveness to overcome difficulties and often turn for help to the social environment.The obtained results, highlighting the peculiarities of coping behavior and the relationship to disease of persons with disabilities, can be used in preparing the program of corrective treatment by psychologists in rehabilitation agencies to provide focused psychological support of personality to any situation limit possibilities of health.

Keywords: difficult life situation, coping behavior, persons with disabilities, the type of attitude to the disease.

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The date of the manuscript receipt 14.02.2016

Please cite this article in English as:

Shilyaev V.A. Coping behavior in individuals with disabilities with different types of attitude to the disease // Perm University Herald. Series «Philosophy. Psychology. Sociology». 2016. Iss.3(27). P.115–121.
doi: 10.17072/2078-7898/2016-3-115-121