Abstract:
The article is devoted to the analysis of interrelation between individual traumatic experience of a person and
divorce situation. Posttraumatic stress, which is a consequence of impact on the person of extreme psychotraumatic
factors of high intensity, affects not only the individual, but also all levels of his interaction with
other people. Respectively, the need of the comprehensive analysis of consequences of traumatic experience
is defined by involvement of a person in structure of interpersonal relations, including family relations, and
how destructive can these consequences be for family functioning. Also this article is devoted to the analysis
of strategy of the coping behavior used by people in a divorce situation. Now the mechanisms of psychological
protection and coping mechanisms are considered the most important forms of adaptation processes and
response of individuals to stressful situations. According to the authors, the choice of constructive strategy of
coping behavior in a divorce situation by the person helps to adapt for this difficult life situation, as well as to
prevent development of posttraumatic stress as a reaction to this traumatic event. Besides, the conclusion is
made that studying of consequences of processes of coping with a trauma of divorce demand further discussion.
