PERSONALITY AS SUBJECT OF THE RELATION TO THE STRESS

<p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US">In this scientific article results of the empirical research devoted to studying of the personality as the subject of the relation to a stress are presented. The understanding of a phenomenon of a stress not only taking into account social and psychological features of the personality, but also with inclusion of such category as representations of a stress and the relation towards him for the first time is considered by authors. In empirical research it is established that there are five types of the personality, as subjects of the relation to a stress according to their social and psychological features and ideas of a stress. «Destructive persons» – differ in the reduced level of social and psychological adaptation, they are motivated on failure, and the stress is perceived by them as emotional excitement. «Constructive persons» possess the high level of social and psychological adaptation, are focused on success, for them emotional burning out isn’t characteristic, and their representations and the relation to a stress is based on acceptance of existence of eustressor. «Emotional and intense persons» differ in uneasiness, high level of emotional burning out, and their ideas of a stress are based only on negative characteristics. «Sensitive persons» are characterized by the high level of sensitivity, and their relation to a stress can be defined as «mental anguish». For «rational persons» cognitive approach to a situation of a stress and idea of it as about response of an organism to negative emotions is peculiar. Thus, this scientific article represents results of original research of the personality from a position of its relation to a stress.</p><p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US"><span class="char-style-override-1">Purpose:</span> to study social and psychological features of the personality with inclusion of such category as «representations and the relation to a stress».</p><p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US"><span class="char-style-override-1">Method or methodology</span> of research it is based on the concept of social representations of S.Moskovichi, and also on the subject approach to studying of the personality in social psychology. Which assumes that the social behavior of the personality is determined by its internal, psychological characteristics. Besides, from positions of subject approach activity of the personality, its creative beginning is emphasized.</p><p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US"><span class="char-style-override-1">Results:</span> the carried-out empirical research allowed to create scientific idea of typology of the personality as subject of the relation to a stress. Five types of the personality are allocated: «constructive», «destructive», «emotional and intense» «sensitive», «rational».</p><p class="x-----------" xml:lang="en-US"><span class="char-style-override-1">Scope of results:</span> these researches can be used by practical psychologists for the purpose of drawing up and updating of the existing programs of adaptation in stressful situations.