SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION AND COPING BEHAVIOR STRATEGIES IN CHILDREN OF LABOR MIGRANTS: GENDER ASPECT
Journal Title: Вісник Львівського університету. Серія психологічні науки - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
The article presents the results of theoretical review and empirical study of the problems of gender features of social and psychological adaptability and coping behavior strategies in children of labor migrants. Among the children of labor migrants, girls have been shown to accept other people more often and be less focused on domination in the interpersonal relationships than boys. That is, daughters of labor migrants are more likely to accept reality the way it is, to accept both the positive and the negative aspects of the surrounding people than boys, while perception of others by boys may be fragmentary and more dependent on the external situation rather than on the personal qualities of other people. At the same time, girls – children of labor migrants – in their interpersonal relationship tend to “being led”, as opposed to boys who are focused on fighting for the priority positions in relations with others. The predominant coping strategies in girls include positive revaluation and search for social support, while boys use escape-avoidance more often. That is, in difficult life situations, girls – children of labor migrants – are guided by the positive aspects of problem situations trying to rethink the problem in positive terms and use it as an opportunity for self-development and self-improvement. They are trying to attract external resources to solve their problems, in their social environment they seek for different support and assistance (informational, emotional, financial and other kinds) that will be useful to them when solving the problem. Instead, boys – children of labor migrants – in difficult life situations are more focused on avoiding thinking about the problem, “escaping” from it, distracting from the emotional experiences associated with the problem often using not completely constructive ways (for example, by using alcohol or drugs, “immersing into” the virtual reality of computer games or the Internet, etc.). A higher level of adaptability in girls is associated with their higher tendency to positive reassessment, responsibility for and planning of problem solving while in boys a higher level of adaptability is associated with their higher tendency to self-control and acceptance of responsibility. Thus, girls – children of labor migrants – who are able to concentrate on the positive aspects of problem situations and use them as an incentive for their personal growth, development and self-improvement are more adaptive. Also, those girls who are capable of recognizing their role in the emergence of problems, who are focused on self-examination and are seeking to find a connection between their personal deficiencies, their actions, and between actual hardships, problems and life difficulties, who are ready to plan solving the problem in “effective” ways, taking into account their past experience and the relationship between problems and their own actions, based on their actual resources and real objective circumstances, are also more adaptive. More adaptive are those boys – children of labor migrants – who are focused on controlling their actions and emotional experiences they have in connection with the problem situation, who seek to avoid impulsive actions in solving the problem. Also, higher adaptability is typical of those boys who are able to recognize their role and assume responsibility for their problems, that is, those who are ready to seek a link between actual problems and their personal deficiencies, their actions, further taking into account the links when planning an “effective” solution to the problem.
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Лариса ДІДКОВСЬКА
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