- Research Article
- 10.18290/rpsych.2015.18.4-5en
Dialog z wyobrażonym rozmówcą jako forma wsparcia w radzeniu sobie w stresujących sytuacjach
- Jan 01, 2015
- Roczniki Psychologiczne
- Agata Cieślar
The research described in the article is based on t he assumption that support is a function of internal dialogs, but their role in a stressful situatio n is not known. The subject of the research is dialogs with imaginary interlocutors and their role in coping in stressful situations. The participants i n the study ( N = 73) were asked to imagine a difficult situation. Then, the experimental group (N = 36) conducted an imaginary dialog with a person from the previously created map of support. The control group ( N = 37) generated a list of possible solutions to a difficult situation. The study measured the quality of support obtained as a resul t of the dialog or as a result of making a list of solutions. The results show that a dialog with a n imaginary interlocutor is a more effective form of coping with a stressful situation than generatin g a list of possible solutions to the problem.
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