Features of coping strategies of men and women of mature age during the COVID-19 pandemic and targets of psychological work
This article presents the results of a study of some features of stress-coping behavior and psychological well-being of people aged 30 to 45 years under the conditions of the coronavirus. The study involved 80 respondents, of which 40 are men and 40 are women. Data collection was carried out remotely on the basis of the Russian enterprise JSC "Orekh" using Google-forms, where the sample was made by the company's employees aged 30 to 45 years. The authors used such methods as the "Ways of Coping Questionnaire" by R. Lazarus and S. Folkman (adaptation of T.L. Kryukov, E.V. Kuftyak, M.S. Zamyshlyaev), the questionnaire "Scale of psychological well-being" by K. Riff (adaptation by T.D.Shevelenkova, P.P. Fesenko), as well as the author's method of the severity of the degree of negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in men and women of mature age. There were revealed significant differences in the characteristics of stress-overcoming behavior and psychological well-being in men and women of mature age according to the scale "Environmental management" and "Acceptance of responsibility". According to the results of using the author's questionnaire on the severity of the negative consequences of the pandemic, it was revealed that women of mature age find it harder to cope with the stressful situation of the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the results of the study, practical recommendations were given for psychologists when working with this age group.