N.V. VASILYEVA, E.L. NIKOLAEV

Chuvash State University named after N.I. Ulyanov, 15 Moskovskiy pr., Cheboksary, Russian Federation, 428015

Vasilieva N.V. ― postgraduate student of the Department of Social and Clinical Psychology, tel. (8352) 45-20-31, e-mail: [email protected]

Nikolaev E.L. ― D. Med. Sc., Head of the Department of Social and Clinical Psychology, tel. (8352) 45-20-31, e-mail: [email protected]

In order to reveal the specifics of social functioning of multiple sclerosis patients, we studied the characteristics of social functioning and social support in 145 patients with relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Experimental psychological method, based on the special questionnaire “Level of social frustration” and the Russian-language version of the F-SOZU-22 of social support questionnaire, was used for the study. It was found that a significant part of the patients suffered from social frustration associated with deterioration of health due to illness. The social support which they got from their environment did not give them a sense of confidence and security.

Key words: multiple sclerosis, social functioning, social frustration, social support.

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