COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING IN RELATION TO THE PERSONALITY OF WOMEN - DOCTORS AND NURSES

• Authors: Ruiselova Z. , Prokopcakova A. , Kresanek J.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study concentrates on the quantitative and qualitative (content) analysis of counterfactual thinking (CT) in adult women (doctors - pediatricians - n = 25, mean age 35.8; nurses - n = 88, mean age 33.2 years) in the context of selected personality characteristics and ways of (effective) coping with difficult situations in everyday life. CT is studied with the method based on a standardized interview (10 questions), selected personality characteristics with the STPI questionnaire (Spielberger), and coping characteristics with LOQ (Antonovsky) and SM (Pearlin, Schooler) questionnaires. Our findings indicate a lower occurrence of CT associated with higher effectiveness of coping with difficult situations, with higher self-mastery and/or lower anxiety level. The qualitative analysis of demanding situations associated with CT indicates rather their non-specificity.

Keywords

EN

COPING; COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING; DEMANDING SITUATIONS; PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 333-339
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ruiselova Z.

author

Prokopcakova A.

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Kresanek J.

• Z. Ruiselova, Ustav experimentalnej psychologie SAV, Dubravska cesta 9, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07SKAAAA03356899