If Russians feel stressed, they consult psychologist, whereas when they have children issues or problems in family, they search for help from relatives, spouses and colleagues rather than professionals.
MOSCOW, November 18, 2010. Anticipating the Psychologist`s Day, Russians Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data describing in what cases Russians take advice from psychoanalysts.
Russians consult psychotherapists mainly when they feel stressed and nervous (11%). When it comes to family problems, Russians rarely take advice from psychotherapists. Only 2 or 3 % of Russians would do so, if they had problems in family or children issues.
The best way to overcome life`s difficult situations is communicating with relatives. Russians do so especially in case they have family problems: 35% of respondents discuss the problem with relatives, rarer - directly with spouses (15%). When Russians have children issues, they choose both types of help equally (30 and 29% respectively). Fewer Russians choose chatting with relatives or the loved ones in case they feel stressed or nervous (23 and 20% respectively).
Communicating with friends was also among popular answer, especially when handling family problems (21%), rarer - in stressful situation (16%) or children issues (13%).
Least of Russians would discuss the problems in their families with their colleagues (1-2%), neighbors or acquaintances (1-2-%), or in the Internet Forums (1%).
Notable, the overwhelming majority of Russians refuse to ask anybody for help trying to solve problems on their own (29-32%).
The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted on November, 13-14, 2010. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin oferror does not exceed 3.4%.
People often find themselves in difficult situation; it needs additional help and is hard to overcome. Who would you take advice from, in case of difficult situation? (close-ended question, one answer per each position) | ||
A. Problems in family such as frequent quarrels with husband, misunderstanding | Relatives, parents | 35 |
The loved one, spouse | 15 | |
Friends | 21 | |
Colleagues | 2 | |
Neighbors, acquaintances | 2 | |
Discus in the internet (chat, forum) | 1 | |
Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst | 2 | |
No one | 30 | |
Other | 2 | |
Hard to tell | 5 | |
B. Difficult relations with children, the conflict between fathers and sons | Relatives, parents | 29 |
The loved one, spouse | 30 | |
Friends | 13 | |
Colleagues | 1 | |
Neighbors, acquaintances | 2 | |
Discus in the internet (chat, forum) | 1 | |
Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst | 3 | |
No one | 29 | |
Other | 2 | |
Hard to tell | 6 | |
C. Constant stress, nervousness, anxiety | Relatives, parents | 23 |
The loved one, spouse | 20 | |
Friends | 16 | |
Colleagues | 1 | |
Neighbors, acquaintances | 1 | |
Discus in the internet (chat, forum) | 1 | |
Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst | 11 | |
No one | 32 | |
Other | 3 | |
Hard to tell | 7 | |
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