Natalya Azarova

The article is devoted to the topical modern issue of personality psychology and it is related to the fact that scientific ideas about the dominant strategies of coping behavior in subjectively lonely people have not been sufficiently developed so far. The article reports of a study of coping strategies in subjectively lonely middle-aged men and women who experience loneliness, but do not have the status of a lonely person. The characteristics of coping strategies in subjectively lonely people, as well as differences in the experience of subjective loneliness in men and women of middle age are analyzed. The purpose of the article is to show the results of coping strategies study, taking into account age, gender and attitudes towards loneliness. The main strategies for men experiencing subjective loneliness are: confrontation, self-control, planning, positive reassessment. In women experiencing subjective loneliness: distancing, seeking social support. The results obtained can be applied in psychological practice in counseling and group work with subjectively lonely people.