Summary: | The article discusses popular psychological theories and views of researchers on the psychological stability of an individual, as well as on personal resources of sustainability, and ways to overcome stress and depression. Various theoretical approaches of researchers to the phenomenon of psychological stability, its characteristics and inherent properties are described. The question of the need to develop the psychological stability of the individual in the modern world is considered. The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the problem. An empirical study was conducted to study the effect of the most significant stressful situations on professional activity, taking into account the indicator of the subject’s self-assessment, his professional skills. The study was based on the subject-activity approach. The empirical base of the study was a sample of 44 people, men aged from 27 to 43 years (M = 31), officially working in commercial companies with a stable salary, paid vacation, and social package. The method of “self-assessment of personality” by O. I. Motkov was used, as well as a modified Anderson and Marx questionnaire and non-formalized conversation with subjects. For statistical analysis of the significance of differences in indicators the SPSS Statistics 20 program was used with the calculation of the Student’s t-criterion. Analysis of the research results allowed us to reveal the peculiarities of the influence of individual stressors on the human psyche, on the properties of the psychological stability of the individual, empirically identified the most effective mechanisms to counter stress and depression through the development of the properties of the psychological stability of the personality. The article is addressed to psychologists and specialists engaged in psychological preparation, rehabilitation and work with employees of their companies and enterprises.
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