Features of the Cognitive Component "Self-Concept" Structure in Middle-Aged Women with Different Stages of Varicose Veins

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the structural features of the cognitive component of the "I-concept" in middle-aged women. They are at different stages of development of varicose veins. The cognitive component of the “I-concept” is a significant prerequisite for the manifestation of potential behavioral reactions. In modern psychological science, the most studied are aspects related to the psychosomatic manifestation of varicose veins, issues related to the psychological causes of varicose veins and the effect of the disease on the human psyche. At the same time, the question of how the level of development of varicose veins manifests itself in the features of the "I-concept" (in particular, its cognitive component) remains insufficiently studied. The study involved 50 women (35-40 years old) with varying degrees of development of varicose veins. The first group included 25 women with varicose veins of the first stage (no surgical intervention is required). The second group consisted of 25 women with the second stage of the disease (with surgery). According to the survey, the main causes of the disease were quite different. This is a sports load, a criterion for heredity, diseases during pregnancy, etc. There were revealed certain similarities and differences in the manifestations of the cognitive component of the "I-concept" of the personality of these women, depending on the stage of development of varicose veins. General factors were determined that describe the nature of the relationship between the elements of the cognitive component "I-concept" and a certain stage of varicose veins in middle-aged women. Individual psychological characteristics of the personality play a major role in the manifestation of types of self-attitude in middle-aged women with different stages of development of varicose veins. The nature of the relationship between the types of attitudes, self-attitudes towards the disease, the degrees of clarity of the "I‑concept" is different. A more complex and diverse nature of the relationship is inherent in a group of women with a medication type of treatment.