SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGIES FOR ENDING ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
- Authors: YANICHEVA T.G.1, VARAVKA M.M.1
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Affiliations:
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Issue: No 5 (2025)
- Pages: 79-88
- Section: Applied research, technologies
- URL: https://medbiosci.ru/2222-4378/article/view/382199
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.25807/22224378_2025_5_79
- ID: 382199
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Abstract
This article is devoted to the study of socio-psychological strategies of romantic relationship dissolution among young people (20-30 years old). The tactics of avoidance/ withdrawal, open confrontation and distant/mediated communication are of the greatest interest. The study involved 110 people, 93 of which were included in the final sample. It was established that higher levels of trait anxiety were possessed by young people who had experienced mediated relationship dissolution strategies. In addition, higher benevolence scores were observed in those who initiated a breakup using open communication. It can also be said that the choice of a particular role when ending a relationship influences selfacceptance after the breakup. The results obtained can be used to expand existing scientific knowledge and to create applied materials by specialists from psychological and related specialities.
About the authors
T. G. YANICHEVA
Saint Petersburg State University
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0613-7353
M. M. VARAVKA
Saint Petersburg State University
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