Cross-cultural features of coping behaviour of men and women

In: Vestnik Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, Issue 3, p. 118-122

Abstract

The article reveals cross-cultural features of coping behaviour. The results of the study of socio-psychological characteristics of coping behaviour in men and women, depending on their ethnicity. A comparative analysis of socio-psychological differences in coping behaviour was carried out. The study sample consisted of 160 people aged 25 to 55 years, the average age of 33.5 living in the autonomy of North Ossetia – Alania, Russia. Significant differences in preferred coping strategies between men and women are described. The results may be used as a starting point in the organisation of socio-psychological services in multicultural regions, as well as in the development of training programmes on stress psychology, personality psychology, ethnic psychology, age psychology and developmental psychology.