The Need of Belonging and Sense of Belonging versus Effectiveness of Coping

• Authors: Agnieszka Wilczyńska , Maciej Januszek , Kamilla Bargiel-Matusiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this research was to describe the dependence between the need for and sense of belonging and symptoms of depression vs. one’s capacity to cope effectively. Using path analysis of our data (N = 178), we found direct patterns, in which both depression symptoms and life satisfaction depend to a considerable degree on the sense of belonging. The belonging need influences, in a direct way, the coping focused on the search for social support. Undertaking active techniques of coping, including confrontation with a stressful situation and its negative controlling impact, depends on having a high level of the sense of belonging. In contrast, individuals who cope by means of taking psychoactive drugs show the symptoms of depression.

Keywords

EN

need of belonging; sense of belonging; coping; stress; depression

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 72-81

Dates

published

2015-03-01

online

2015-04-18

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Wilczyńska

• University of Silesia, Katowice, 53 Grażyńskiego Street, 40-126 Katowice Poland

author

Maciej Januszek

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Katowice

author

Kamilla Bargiel-Matusiewicz

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Psychology

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0008