Women`S Coping And Attachment Patterns: Co-Dependent Mothers And Close Relationships` Addicts

Abstract

The problem of coping with stress among co-dependent and destructively-related women is relevant for modern science. In the paper it is analysed what is in common in two phenomena "destructive attachment" to a partner and "co-dependency" in close family relations: and the basic concepts are revealed and the characteristics of the phenomena are given. Cognitive-emotional attachment patterns for two groups of women are differentiated, justified and described. The aim of qualitative and quantitative studies is to compare the coping behaviour of co-dependent and destructively attached women, identifying cognitive-emotional patterns of their attachment and coping. A thorough analysis of world trends that determine a similarity and differences in both kinds of women`s behaviour is made basing on updated sources. The results of qualitative and quantitative research reflect specifics of coping with stress by co-dependent and destructively attached to partner women. The findings confirm that for both -codependent and destructively attached women, close relationships are a source of stress, only the first ones usually are not aware of this. They are united by a general intention and desire to control the other, and the dissatisfaction of basic needs in the relationships, high tolerance for emotional pain, and supersignificance of the relationships with the other. The results of this study are expected to be useful in psychological counselling, psychotherapy, psychological support to women.

Coping with the Forced Separation of Close Relationships during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…We understand close relationships as a special kind of interpersonal relationship that is both meaningful, aimed at satisfying the human need for love and belonging. Close relationships are based on affi liative feelings and attachment to a partner, characterized by intimacy, informality, signifi cance, long-term co-existence, and emotional depth (Aron, 1992;Sternberg, 1996;Kryukova et al, 2019, Saporovskaya, 2021.…”