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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.086.021.201701.071-085
STRATEGIES OF COPING WITH DIFFICULTIES DURING RESEARCH PERFORMED BY YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Tatiana G. Bokhan
Head, Chair of Psychotherapy and Psychological Counseling, Tomsk State University (36 Prospekt Lenina, Tomsk 634050, Russia), Dr.Sci. (Psychology), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9628-1470 , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Marina V. Shabalovskaya
Associate Professor, Chair of General and Differential Psychology, Siberia State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation (2 Moskovskiy Trakt, Tomsk 634050, Russia), Associate Professor, Chair of Psychotherapy and Psychological Counseling, Tomsk State University (36 Prospekt Lenina, Tomsk 634050, Russia), Ph.D. (Psychology), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2622-3491 , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Irina Yu. Malkova
Head, Chair of Education Management, Tomsk State University (36 Prospekt Lenina, Tomsk 634050, Russia), Dr.Sci. (Pedagogy), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2888-1578, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Oksana N. Galazhinskaya
Associate Professor, Chair of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Tomsk State University (36 Prospekt Lenina, Tomsk 634050, Russia), Ph.D. (Mathematics), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3725-9062, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lyubov V. Radishevskaya
Associate Professor, Chair of Philosophy and Sociology, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (40 Prospekt Lenina, Tomsk 634050, Russia), Ph.D (Philosophy), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1240-9711, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Introduction: young scientists engaged in creative activities face difficulties during scientific research, implementation and commercialisation of the results. The impossibility of coping with obstacles leads to the impairment of motivational and creative activity. The problem of studying the main semantic contents of difficult situations and strategies to cope with them becomes relevant as it is conducive to the process of personal development of young scientists.
Materials and Methods: the authors used a questionnaire with open-ended questions for revealing the main difficulties and coping strategies in the process of research activity; COPE questionnaire adapted by E. Rasskazova, T. Gordeyeva, E. Osin; Style of Self-Regulation of Behaviour technique by V. I. Morosanova. Statistical data processing was carried out with descriptive statistics methods, analysis of frequencies, factor analysis (Varimax rotation with Kaiser normalisation), cluster analysis (furthest neighbour method and Ward’s method).
Results: eight main semantic categories related to difficulties experienced in the process of performing the research work have been detected. The main ways of coping with arising difficulties have been identified. Types of respondents different in terms of coping strategies and regulatory-behavioural characteristics have been distinguished.
Discussion and Conclusions: difficulties of self-organisation in time for realisation of new meanings, difficulties in structuring the research work and search for information act as psychological barriers provoking mental stress. The most efficient coping strategies in respondents are strategies Active coping and search for positive meaning and personal development. The inefficient coping strategy with difficulties complicating the process of self-development is Avoiding problems strategies.
Keywords: coping behaviour; coping strategies; psychological stress; self-regulation; young scientist; research activity
Acknowledgements: The study has been performed with financial support from the RHSF (project “Psychological barriers in research activity and practical realisation of its results in young/junior scientists” no. 15-16-70001).
For citation: Bokhan TG, Shabalovskaya MV, Malkova IYu, Galazhinskaya ON, Radishevskaya LV. Strategies of coping with difficulties during research performed by young scientists. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2017; 1(21):71-85. DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.086.021.201701.071-085
Contribution of the authors: Tatiana G. Bokhan analysed ideas of coping strategies, specified a methodological basis of the study, accomplished a qualitative analysis of results and their interpretation. Marina V. Shabalovskaya analysed scholarly literature, collected data in the group of postgraduate students, analysed data, designed tables with results of the study. Irina Yu. Malkova created the draft of research model, analysed and re vised the text of the paper. Oksana N. Galazhinskaya created an electronic database and systematised research data, performed statistical processing of empirical data, put results of the study in diagrams. Lyubov V. Radishevskaya analysed relevant literature on the topic of the study, collected data in the group of postgraduate students, and wrote the conclusions.
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
