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Zinovieva D. M. Psychological Well-Being of Civil Servants under Conditions of Midlife Crisis. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology, 2015, vol. 4, iss. 2, pp. 139-142. DOI: 10.18500/2304-9790-2015-4-2-139-142
Psychological Well-Being of Civil Servants under Conditions of Midlife Crisis
Peculiarities of state officials’ mid-life crisis process are described. The questionnaire results of state officials are described (overall number is 40 people at the age of 30-50, 22 of them are female, 18 are male). Age groups are associated (30-40 years old (transitional) and 41-50 years old (recessionary)). The following methodology is used: author’s technique of associational conversation, technique ?Wartegg Drawing Test? by E. Wartegg, modified technique ?Sentence completion test? by J. M. Sachs, S. Levy, ?House – Tree – Person? drawing technique by J. Buck. Features of transition groups’ and crisis groups’ psychological ill-being on the stage of efficiency, expressed feeling of social failure are depicted with the help of psycho-symbolic mediation. It is noted that professional conditions worsen the level of crisis affection for males.
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