Intrapersonal Conflict Research Articles

Социально-психологические аспекты противодействия терроризму в мультикультурном пространстве

There are presented the results of a study of the transformation of social processes in modern society connected with the formation and escalation of destructive manifestations of terrorism in the article. There is reflected the approach to understanding the essence of terrorism based on the authors’ concept of intrapersonal conflict. Initially, authors identify the psychological preconditions for manifestations of terrorism that were based on the results of a cross-cultural monitoring analysis with coverage of more than 1930 respondents. At the second stage, on the empirical sample of more than 300 subjects, authors distinguish a spectrum of qualities that ensure personal confrontation and stabilization in a multicultural field. Psychological security is defined as a condition for ensuring the prevention of terrorism and the formation of a multicultural identity. The issues of prevention and neutralization of terrorist tendencies are considered on the basis of actualization of such mechanisms of personal psychological security’s insurance as harmonization, emotional stability and protective strategies.

Ценностные противоречия как психодиагностические критерии профессиональной компетентности и внутриличностного конфликта

The article considers new criteria for quantitative assessment of value contradictions — value oppositions and an indicator of value-intentional coherence — that develop Schwartz’s ideas about harmonious, neutral or oppositional relationships of values in the structure of value consciousness. Using statistical analysis, the informative character of the criteria in predicting the success of the formation of professional competencies and assessing the effectiveness of human adaptation to unfavorable socio-psychological conditions is shown. A hypothesis is formulated about the possibility of applying the criteria of value contradictions as a measure of intentional competence, the intensity of an intrapersonal conflict, the success of the formation of professional competencies and the integration of the identity of a person. The obtained results testify to the prospects of using the developed psychodiagnostic criteria in the practice of psychological and personnel counseling, psychological support of the educational process, and also to assess the intensity of social and psychological adaptation.

ВПЛИВ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ МОТИВАЦІЇ НА ВИНИКНЕННЯ ВНУТРІШНЬООСОБИСТІСНОГО КОНФЛІКТУ В СТУДЕНТІВ ПЕРШОГО РОКУ НАВЧАННЯ

У статті представлені основні результати теоретичного аналізу й емпіричного дослідження психологічних особливостей впливу професійної мотивації на виникнення внутрішньоособистісного конфлікту у студентів першого року навчання. На основі кількісного і якісного аналізу емпіричних даних з’ясовано особливості прояву професійної мотивації та її значення для навчальної діяльності, проаналізовано мотиви учбової діяльності, мотиваційно-потребові установки, мотивація досягнень як чинників, що впливають на виникнення внутрішньоособистісного конфлікту у студентів першого року навчання. Представлено результати кореляційного аналізу між рівнем внутрішньої конфліктності і професійною мотивацією, мотивами досягнення успіху; між рівнем тривожності і мотивацією досягнення; між рівнем емоційної напруги і професійною мотивацією. Враховуючи висновки емпіричного дослідження, визначено перспективу подальших аспектів дослідження даної проблеми. &nbsp

Bisexual inclusive couples therapy: assessment and treatment with bisexuals in mixed orientation relationships

ABSTRACTThis paper aims to improve understanding of why mixed orientation couples may seek treatment, as well as to support sex and relationship therapists in providing affirmative and respectful services. Mixed orientation relationships, relationships in which partners have different sexual orientation identities, can include a variety of combinations. This paper focuses on mixed orientation relationships in which one partner identifies as bisexual and the other partner does not. A bisexual identity and a mixed orientation relationship are not inherent problems; however, they can create interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts that may lead to treatment. Therefore, sex and relationship therapists should be aware of special considerations that could improve treatment with bisexuals in mixed orientation relationships with gay, lesbian, and heterosexual partners. It is important for sex and relationship therapists to take additional care in assessing the meaning of sexual orientation to the bisexual partner, what it means to their non-bisexual partner, and what having a mixed orientation relationship means to the couple seeking treatment. The delicate issue of commitment is respectfully explored, and societal myths related to bisexuality are addressed. Affirmative therapy is proposed as an effective theoretical approach, along with the Ex-PLISSIT Model to guide treatment.

KONFLIK DALAM ADAPTASI BUDAYA (Studi Deskriptif pada Komunikasi Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora di Lingkungan UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta)

Campus is a miniature community heterogeneity. We can find a diversity of individuals and groups in the dynamics of the campus that are relatively complex. The uniqueness of the campus is also felt by the presence of the academic community are different in purpose and the way to achieve that goal in every interaction between them. Especially for students, this difference can be sourced from a background influenced by family, ethnic, social, and economic before their presence in university life. One campus has a unique advantage which is typical UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. Positioning this campus who use Islam label makes this campus has an environment and atmosphere that is unique compared to other campuses. The research focused on students in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities have found that the students experienced various conflicts in cultural adaptation in the environment UIN Sunan Kalijaga. Starting from intrapersonal conflict to conflict in interpersonal and intergroup dynamics that occur.

Anguish and anxiety, stress and strain: Attending to writers’ stress in the dissertation process

In this Short Communication, we report on some stresses experienced by L2 writers in the dissertation process and argue that when these emotions go unacknowledged and unaddressed, they can result in deleterious outcomes for these writers. Drawing on our work with writers in dissertation support groups, we note the sources of stress for the L2 students; while the genesis of some of the L2 students’ stress may be attributed solely to challenges in text production, other factors, such as interpersonal difficulties and intrapersonal conflicts, also contribute to stress and can negatively affect dissertators’ writing progress. We conclude by suggesting ways that writing professionals can assist writers in coping productively with the stresses experienced during the dissertation process.

Identity disorder and social-psychological adaptation in patients with hepatobiliary disease

Negative bodily experience due to health complications and disability is perceived as a difficult life situation. The success of adaptation, commitment to treatment and cooperation with a doctor depend on the personality characteristics that define behavioral representations. Aim. Investigate the structure of identity and mechanisms of social-psychological adaptation of patients with the hepatobiliary system disease. Contingent and methods . 75 patients with a diffuse liver disease - chronic hepatitis, mostly of viral etiology (36 people) and liver cirrhosis (39 patients) have been examined. We have applied clinical, clinical-psychological, mathematical and empirical methods, semi-structured cross-interviews (patient-doctor, patient-psychologist), diagnostics of personal characteristics, identity structure, social-psychological components of adaptation. Three leading personality profiles have been highlighted. Results. Persons with a disharmonious personality development are characterized by disorders in the area of identity formation and development. Fragmentation, the impossibility of personal integration and severe penetrability from the environment contribute to social-psychological maladjustment. The coping is aimed at preserving the problem situation and intensifying the intrapersonal conflict. For persons with difficulties in the adaptation of the personality, a violation of activity interaction with the surrounding world is characteristic, a ban on one's self-identity. Social adaptation is often disrupted due to instability in the emotional-volitional sphere and choosing low-adaptive coping strategies. Genuine I and identity formation is impeded for the individuals suppressing aggressive impulses. Adaptability tends to be discrete. With mental stress increasing, the likelihood of choosing low-adaptive coping strategies increases. Conclusions. When drafting psycho-correction programs and medical treatment of people with a hepatobiliary disease, it is necessary to take into account the presence of diffuse identity and violations of social-psychological adaptation.

The association between manifestations of intrapersonal conçict and the style of media consumption among students

Introduction. Media consumption is a factor for the emergence and resolution of intrapersonal conflicts. Both domestic and foreign researchers recognize the effect of media environment on the individual. The present study investigates the association between students’ style of media consumption and intrapersonal conflict.
 Materials and Methods. The empirical study of intrapersonal conflict and features of media consumption involved the first, second, and third-year students. The study employed the following techniques: (a) Life Meaning Orientation Test (D. A. Leont'ev); (b) Relation Between Values and Accessibility in Various Life Spheres (E. B. Fantalova); (c) Social Frustration Diagnostics (L. I. Wasserman, V. V. Boyko’s modification; (d) Quantitative Evaluation of Self-Esteem (P. A. Budassi); (e) Individual Style of Media Consumption and Motivational Structure of Information Activity (Yu. N. Dolgov, etc.). Correlation and factor analysis were used for data processing.
 Results. The study described intrapersonal conflicts peculiar to students, features of their style of media consumption, and also the association between these variables.
 Discussion. Students’ intrapersonal conflicts occur because of the contradiction between real and ideal self and also the significance and accessibility of values. The students’ style of media consumption is critical and purposeful when searching information. The findings revealed significant associations among the following parameters: (a) role conflict and compensatory, relaxational, and reactivating motives of media consumption and also the level of the efficiency of information search; (b) conflict between self-esteem and the level of the reflexive criticism of media consumption; (c) motivation for media consumption, the degree of involvement in the media environment and the conflict of unrealized desires. The results obtained suggest that the style of media consumption is a factor for interpersonal conflicts among students.

Triggers for attempted suicide in Istanbul youth, with special reference to their socio-demographic background

Objective: Suicidal behavior of young people is a topic of utmost importance because suicide is irreversible, and should be prevented. Knowing about the psychosocial background and the triggering events could help in preventing suicidal behavior. We therefore aimed at identifying psychosocial factors that may trigger suicidal behavior in youth.Methods: We analyzed retrospectively the standardized records of 2232 youths aged ≤25 years, who were treated after a suicide attempt at emergency units of public hospitals in Istanbul, Turkey during a period of 1 year. We describe this population according to sex and socio-economic conditions, like educational, occupational, relationship status and link them with their reported reasons for suicide attempts.Results: The majority of patients were female (81.6%, N = 1822 females, 18.4%, N = 410 males). Independent of their educational and occupational background, patients indicated most frequently intra-familial problems (females 45.8%, males 30.5%), intrapersonal problems (females 19.9%, males 18.5%), and relationship problems (females 11.3%, males 23.9%) as triggering reasons.Conclusions: Because intra-familial problems were the most frequently reported triggers of suicide attempts, preventive measures should focus on handling intra-familial conflicts. As sex differences were observed for the second-most common trigger-reasons, prevention should also focus on differentially handling intrapersonal and relationship conflicts better.

Peculiarities of the Lifestyle and Psychological State of Primary Schoolchildren with Bronchial Asthma

The need to develop an integrated approach to the treatment of children with bronchial asthma is conditioned by a significant increase in morbidity, emergence of more severe forms of the disease and a lack of radical treatment methods. Along with the development and implementation of modern drug treatment methods, the most topical issues are a consideration of the socio-psychological characteristics of patients and psychological and pedagogical support of children during treatment. Study Objective: To study the lifestyle peculiarities of primary schoolchildren (7–10 years) with bronchial asthma and their psychological state. Patients and Methods. The study included children with bronchial asthma (atopic form, partially controlled course) as well as conditionally healthy peers (health groups I and II) as a comparison group. The psychological status of the observed was assessed using Dembo-Rubinstein self-evaluation method, modified «Human Figure» method, and Varga-Stolin parental relationship test. Results. The study involved 75 children (mean age 8.2 ± 0.6 years, including girls 59%, illness duration 3.2 ± 0.5 years) and their parents (mothers made 79% of them). The comparison group consisted of 54 conditionally healthy children (mean age 8.4 ± 0.3, girls 54%) and their parents (mothers — 85%, fathers — 15%). It is shown that the lifestyle of primary schoolchildren changed due to illness distorts the process of personality development and leads to the emergence of difficulties in the emotional and personality sphere: a reduced background of mood (35; 46.6% versus 11; 20%), blockage of experiences and difficulties in their verbalization (56; 75% versus 25; 46%), defensive-aggressive type of behavior in a stress situation (68; 91% versus 25; 46%), pronounced intrapersonal conflict (47; 62% versus 32; 59%), and communication problems (unsociability, restriction in communication, social fears). Conclusion. Bronchial asthma changes the child's lifestyle, has a negative impact on the psychological state and personality becoming. It is possible to prevent the emergence of negative social consequences of the disease, to smooth out their severity by providing psychological and pedagogical assistance to a child and his family from the time the disease is detected and throughout all treatment stages. The creation and implementation of psychological support programs for families raising children with bronchial asthma at various treatment stages are extremely important and represent a further research direction.

Использование проективной методики для исследования внутриличностной конфликтности курсантов и слушателей образовательных организаций системы МВД России

This paper is devoted to a comparative study of the level of intrapersonal conflicts between cadets and listeners of the Moscow regional branch of the Moscow University of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia named after V.Ya. Kikotya. Comparative analysis was based on the projective methodology "Whatever bewitched me." In the article it is shown that unstable value orientations, inadequate motives for choosing a profession, external socio-psychological factors of professional intentions, "strategy of adaptive behavior" in professional activity, inadequately formed internal image of the profession serve as specific reasons for the emergence of intrapersonal conflicts among cadets and listeners.

Sojourner Culture Shock: Assessing the Role of Exposure in Intrapersonal Identity Conflict

This research assesses the relationship between intercultural exposure variables—the length of time spent in the United States, the length of previous experience outside Saudi Arabia, the length of time studying English as a second language, and the frequency and nature of interactions with Americans—and intrapersonal identity conflict. To assess this relationship, the researcher conducted a survey of Saudi Arabian students studying in the United States, which collected information on exposure variables, as well as employing Leong and Ward’s (2000) Ethno-Cultural Identity Conflict Scale (EICS). A Pearson correlation test was conducted to examine the relationship between the Saudi sojourners’ intercultural exposure and their identity conflict scores to conclude that there is not a relationship between exposure and identity conflict.

Navigating high-risk surgery: protocol for a multisite, stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial of a question prompt list intervention to empower older adults to ask questions that inform treatment decisions

IntroductionOlder patients frequently undergo operations that carry high risk for postoperative complications and death. Poor preoperative communication between patients and surgeons can lead to uninformed decisions and result in unexpected...

Аксиологические факторы внутриличностных конфликтов в процессе самоактуализации человека в современном мире

Аксиологические факторы внутриличностных конфликтов в процессе самоактуализации человека в современном мире

ВНУТРІШНЬООСОБИСТІСНІ КОНФЛІКТИ ВЧИТЕЛІВ: МОТИВАЦІЙНИЙ АСПЕКТ

This study aims at exploring psychological peculiarities of teachers’ intrapersonal conflicts in manifestation motivational sphere. The sample consists of 192 teachers (89,6% female and 10,4% male) from 13 schools in Ukraine. It is presented the analyses of internal conflicts and vakuums in motivational sphere of teachers. The results show existential and individual values prevail in respondents’motivational sphere. It was found that 42,2% of teachers had a low discoordination among things they want and need on the one hand and their possibilities on the other. It was found that 20,8% of teachers wasn’t satisfied with their current life situation, had an internal conflict. The feeling of internal conflict and low ability to self-actualization in one of teachers’ main life spheres («happy domestic life», «health», «love») were connected with high internal conflict in other life spheres of teachers. There have been identified internal conflicts in the spheres of «health» (47,9% respondents), «happy domestic life» (33,9%), «financial provided life» (27,1% ) and «love» (26% teachers). It was investigated high internal vakuums in spheres «active life» (50,5%), «interesting work» (27,1% respondents) that indicated reducing of motivation and could lead to teachers’ activity declining. Teachers that have high level of internal vakuums feel exhausted and overstressed as well as they face to high professional demands. A programme addressing intrapersonal conflict and managing low ability to self-actualization in main life spheres would be of benefit to teachers.

ВНУТРІШНЬООСОБИСТІСНИЙ КОНФЛІКТ НА СТИКУ КОНФЛІКТОЛОГІЇ, ПРАКТИЧНОЇ ТА КЛІНІЧНОЇ ПСИХОЛОГІЇ

The article shows the essence of interpersonal conflicts. This conflict considered as problematic for its carrier state that: 1) is extremely important, and certainly associated with the choice between alternatives equal in strength for him (even if the alternatives are not understood); 2) subjectively experienced as a insoluble problem and so is extremely, uncomfortable, tense, frustration and painful feelings about their inferiority; 3) tends to deepen, strengthening, totalization andno adaptivecourse. Analyzed and summarized a some number of scientific concepts about interpersonal conflicts and understanding of its basic type described in professional literature. The features of the subject of interpersonal conflict in conflictology, total, practical and clinical psychology are shown and the model of interdisciplinary study this conflicts are proposed. The attention to constructive (adaptive) and unconstructive (no adaptive) intrapersonal conflicts is accented. The features of intrapersonal conflicts in the area of the individual motivation are shown. Particular attention is paid to motivating interpersonal conflicts with non-adaptive and destructive forms of current. Features of no adaptive motivational conflict and possible consequences of these conflicts for intrapersonal and interpersonal (social) life of a person are shown.

Гендерный конфликт глазами молодежи: биосоциологический аспект

<p>Целью данной статьи является изучение гендерного конфликта как биосоциального явления, причин и последствий его становления и развития в современном обществе. Методологическим основанием исследования служит концепция биосоциологии, предложенная Вал. А. Луковым. Концепция призвана выявить возможные трансформации общества через накопление в новых поколениях критической массы биологических и интеллектуальных, а также социокультурных изменений. Основанием своих рассуждений авторы полагают биосоциальный принцип конструирования взаимоотношений между полами в рамках пирамиды власти. В задачи входит изучение трансформации взаимоотношений полов в молодежной среде, поскольку именно молодежь и процессы, в которых она принимает участие, детерминируют будущее.</p><p>В статье представлены результаты и выводы эмпирического исследования (2013–2014 гг.), посвященного изучению содержания гендерного конфликта современности таким, каким видит его молодежь, через анализ взаимных претензий юношей и девушек, актуальных в конкретных социально-исторических условиях. Интерпретация результатов эмпирической части проводилась с опорой на идею о регуляции непосредственных реакций и поведения людей биосоциальным гендерным кодом, имеющим биологическую и социальную составляющие, и тезис о том, что в основе поведения людей лежит биологическая и социальная целесообразность.</p><p>Анализ эмпирических данных, полученных в ходе изучения повседневных практик межполового взаимодействия студенческой молодежи показывает, что гендерный конфликт сегодня базируется на биосоциальной дисфункции полов, на когнитивном диссонансе, отражающем перемешивание имманентных иерархий полов. Обоснованы реальность гендерного конфликта и тенденции его обострения. Выделяются институциональный, межличностный и внутриличностный конфликты и причины, их вызывающие. Особую опасность представляет связанный с развитием гендерного конфликта рост неконтролируемой агрессии в обществе.</p>

Centripetal and centrifugal forces in the moral circle: Competing constraints on moral learning

The idea of the moral circle pictures the self in the center, surrounded by concentric circles encompassing increasingly distant possible targets of moral concern, including family, local community, nation, all humans, all mammals, all living things including plants, and all things including inanimate objects. The authors develop the idea of two opposing forces in people’s moral circles, with centripetal forces pulling inward, urging greater concern for close others than for distant others, and centrifugal forces pushing outward, resisting “drawing the line” anywhere as a form of prejudice and urging egalitarian concern for all regardless of social distance. Review of the developmental literature shows very early emergence of both moral forces, suggesting at least partly intuitive bases for each. Moral education approaches favoring one force over the other are compared, to show how these forces can provide constraints on moral learning. Finally, the centripetal/centrifugal forces view is applied to current moral debates about empathy and about politics. The authors argue that this view helps us see how intercultural and interpersonal disagreements about morality are based in intrapersonal conflicts shared by all people.

The Intrapersonal Conflict of the Teacher as Determinant of his Professional Development

The Intrapersonal Conflict of the Teacher as Determinant of his Professional Development

Unconscious components of the psychophysiological reactions of the participants of the experiment with 520-day isolation

Six participants in MARS-500 were examined in an effort to gather information about intrapersonal conflicts and life spheres with high emotional tension associated with participation in the experiment with extended group isolation. The investigation was performed using the operational analogy-based neuro-semantic psychodiagnostics which allows to regard the subconscious as a semantic filter with unstructured semantic information at the input and information structured by the inner world content at the output. The results shed light on the semantic structure of subjective experience and functioning of protective mechanisms, as well as organizational levels and modality of emotional experience. Prior to and after 520-day isolation, all the participants were shown to have intrapersonal conflicts and high emotional tension in the socio-professional sphere, caused by the family/sexual and interpersonal relations and self-rating, and concerns about life and health. On the completion of isolation, the psychoemotional tension reduced quantitatively in interpersonal relations and increased in family/sexual.