Abstract

Recent research in the neurosciences, booming during this period, is beginning to develop increasingly relevant conclusions regarding aspects of brain function. Two of the central concepts derived from the enrichment of the field of knowledge of the human brain and mind refer to neuroplasticity and epigenesis. Understanding the coping mechanisms in the educational context is the passport to a state of mind-brain-body balance that allows a better management of the teacher-student alliance. Through the given research we aim to study by statistical comparison, the difference of self-control depending on the person’s gender and the relationship between coping mechanisms and self-control depending on gender. The research group consists of 260 adults, non-clinical population from Romania, aged between 22-65 years, and following the comparison according to gender, we note that there are different coping mechanisms for men and women that are associated with fragile self-control, only one behavioral coping mechanism being common to both categories: aggressive behavior. For women, recurrent thinking about how terrible the experienced event was, impulsive behavior without considering the consequences, manipulative and non-transparent behavior, as well as aggressive, brutal behavior are associated with fragile self-control. For men, aggressive, brutal behavior and focusing only on one’s own needs, regardless of whether the consequences of one’s actions have negative consequences on others, are associated with fragile self-control.

Key words: Coping; correlation; difference; emotion; neuroscience; self-control