Hardiness and Strategies of Coping Behavior in Early Adulthood Age
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hardiness, coping behavior, coping strategies, early adulthoodAbstract
This article highlights the results of a study on the characteristics of hardiness and coping strategies in persons of early adulthood age. It has been shown that in the period of early adulthood, individuals with a higher level of hardiness are more inclined to accept responsibility and plan to solve the problem with coping strategies, than those with lower levels of hardiness. Therefore, individuals with a higher level of hardiness are more likely to acknowledge their role in the emergence of a problem, try not to repeat their past mistakes, and more often resort to active attempts to solve their problems. Individuals with lower levels of hardiness are more likely to use such coping-behavior strategies as distancing and escape-avoidance than their peers with a higher level of hardiness. Therefore, adults with a lower level of hardiness are more likely to try to distance themselves from their problems, forget about them, or deny that they have problems altogether. It has been shown that the higher level of hardiness in early adulthood age is associated with a more pronounced tendency toward positive reappraisal, seeking social support, and accepting responsibility, and with less predisposition to escape-avoidance as a coping behavior strategy.
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