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The article presents a theoretical and analytical examination of the problem of psychological resilience among personnel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) under wartime conditions. The relevance of the study is determined by the significant increase in the psycho-emotional burden placed on SESU personnel as a consequence of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the necessity of performing professional duties under constant threat to life, a high level of uncertainty, responsibility for human lives, and systematic exposure to the consequences of destruction, human losses, and traumatic events. Under such circumstances, the preservation of psychological health, professional effectiveness, and the capacity for post-stress recovery acquires particular scientific and practical significance.
Psychological resilience is considered a complex, multilevel psychological phenomenon that ensures the maintenance of effective individual functioning under conditions of prolonged exposure to stressful, crisis-related, and extreme factors. Particular attention is paid to contemporary scientific approaches to the study of psychological resilience, including the concept of resilience, hardiness theory, the resource-based approach, and modern studies of individual psychological health. It is demonstrated that an individual's ability to successfully overcome the consequences of stress is determined not by isolated psychological characteristics but by an integrated system of internal and external resources.
The theoretical foundation of the study is based on the works of both international and Ukrainian scholars devoted to issues of adaptation to adverse life circumstances, preservation of psychological health, coping with occupational stress, and ensuring psychological well-being during crisis events. The synthesis of contemporary scientific approaches made it possible to reveal the essence of psychological resilience as a result of the interaction of personal, professional, and socio-psychological resources.
The authors substantiate a structural-functional model of resource support for the psychological resilience of SESU personnel under wartime conditions. It was established that the model is based on three interrelated resource domains: personal self-regulatory resources, professional-existential resources, and socio-psychological resources. Personal self-regulatory resources include hardiness, stress resistance, emotional self-regulation, adaptive coping strategies, tolerance for uncertainty, cognitive flexibility, and self-efficacy. Professional-existential resources encompass professional identity, intrinsic motivation, professional competence, life-meaning orientations, values, and commitment to the mission of service. Socio-psychological resources are represented by social support, unit cohesion, organizational support, and psychological safety within the professional environment.
Particular attention is devoted to analyzing the mechanisms of interaction among these resources and their role in maintaining psychological health, professional effectiveness, preventing occupational burnout, and facilitating post-stress recovery among SESU personnel. It is demonstrated that psychological resilience is formed through the synergistic interaction of all components of the resource system, whereas insufficient development of individual components may negatively affect an individual's adaptive potential and professional performance.
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