The quality of life and meaningful life orientations in liquidators of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident in the distant period
Abstract
A study of the quality of life and meaningful life orientations were studied in liquidators of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with somatic pathology in comparison with the control group. The results of the study indicate a general decrease in the physical, emotional and social functioning in the liquidators with somatic pathology. Compared with the control group, the liquidators also showed a significantly decreased interest in life, its emotional saturation, and weaker internal locus of control as their belief in own strength. However, other important meaningful life orientations of the liquidators are similar to that of healthy men of the same age and reflect the existence of goals in life, satisfaction with life and self-realization, life controllability, and conscious control over of life.
About the Authors
S. S. Aleksanin
Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergei Sergeevich Aleksanin – Dr. Med. Sci. Prof., Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Director
Akademica Lebedeva Str., 4/2, St. Petersburg
V. Yu. Rybnikov
Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Viktor Yurjevich Rybnikov – Dr. Med. Sci., Dr. Psychol. Sci. Prof., Deputy Director
Akademica Lebedeva Str., 4/2, St. Petersburg
M. V. Sannikov
Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maksim Valerevich Sannikov – PhD. Med. Sci., Deputy Head, Emercom of Russia Medical Register Research Department
Akademica Lebedeva Str., 4/2, St. Petersburg
M. V. Savelyeva
Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria Vladimirovna Savelyeva – Research associate, Research Department for Organization of Scientific Activity
Akademica Lebedeva Str., 4/2, St. Petersburg
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Aleksanin S.S., Rybnikov V.Yu., Sannikov M.V., Savelyeva M.V. The quality of life and meaningful life orientations in liquidators of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident in the distant period. Bulletin of psychotherapy. 2020;(73):59-66. (In Russ.)
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