COPING STRATEGIES OF WOMEN EXPECTING A BABY WITH A DIAGNOSED CONGENITAL PATHOLOGY

Abstract. The article describes the results of a study devoted to the study of coping strategies of women who are expecting a child with a congenital pathology. The paper provides a comparative analysis of coping strategies for women expecting a child with a congenital pathology and women expecting a child without a pathology, and also searches for the relationship of coping strategies with the personality profile of women expecting a child with a congenital pathology.

Key words: coping strategies, personality profile, pregnancy, congenital pathology of the fetus

Alekperova Natalia – student 5 year Institute of Applied Psychoanalysis and Psychology University at IPA EurAsEC St. Petersburg

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Smarysheva Victoria  – candidate of Psychological Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of  Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Vice-rector for academic Affairs of the Eastern European Institute of psychoanalysis, Saint Petersburg

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