Varban E. The Strategies of Life Crisis Coping Behaviour in Youth.

The dissertation research looks into the study of the use peculiarities of various strategies of life crisis coping behaviour in youth. The research specifies the definitions of "life crisis", "life crisis experiencing", "the strategies of life crisis coping behaviour". The author has carried out an experimental study of general rules of experiencing and coping with life crises in youth as well as revealed gender, age and identity peculiarities, which influence the choice of coping behaviour strategy. The study results enabled the researcher to develop the classification of coping behaviour strategies and reveal and describe the characteristic traits of the influence of individual characteristics on the choice of the strategies of life crisis coping behaviour in youth. In the course of the research the author developed and approbated the programme of psychoremedial training aimed at the formation and development of the skills of psychological coping with life crises and difficult life situations in youth.